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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>Obama urges oil producers to increase
output<BR></STRONG>President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers
to lift crude output, as he sought to deflect public anger over high gasoline
prices that has hurt his popularity among voters. U.S. motor fuel prices have
become a heated political issue after pushing toward $4 a gallon. Gasoline
futures hit 33-month highs on Tuesday. The rising prices at the pump are fueling
voter discontent with Obama's leadership, opinion polls show, and could harm his
re-election chances in 2012. "They need to increase supplies," Obama told CBS
affiliate WTKR in Hampton Roads, Virginia. "We are in a lot of conversations
with major oil producers like Saudi Arabia," he separately told WXYZ television
in Detroit.<BR></FONT></FONT><A href="" eudora="autourl"><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://www.enn.com/energy/article/42628</FONT></A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>