By AP
Tulsa, OK – Santorum endorses fracking, condemns Keystone decision
TULSA (AP) Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is accusing President Barack Obama of actively seeking ways to allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapon.
In a speech Thursday in Tulsa, Santorum drew connections between the administration's opposition to the Keystone pipeline project, which would bring oil from Canada through Oklahoma, and U.S. dependency on Mideast oil producers like Iran.
Santorum says the U.S. will say it doesn't want Iran to have a nuclear weapon but will tolerate an Iranian Bomb in return for stable global oil markets.
The U.S. doesn't purchase oil from Iran, but its Asian allies Japan and South Korea buy Iranian crude.
The Obama campaign says that the president has been leading an international effort to sanction Iran.
Earlier on Thursday, Santorum endorsed hydraulic fracturing in a speech before hundreds of people at an Oklahoma City hotel. The use of the controversial drilling technique has been dramatically expanded nationwide in recent years.