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At the TCFR: "America Is the Global Energy Superpower"

Published April 19, 2023 at 12:48 PM CDT

Aired on Wednesday, April 19th.

A conversation with Paul Dabbar, who formerly served as the U.S. Department of Energy's Under Secretary for Science.

On this edition of ST, a discussion of America's place in the world as a producer of -- and as a leading innovator of -- energy resources. Our guest is Paul Dabbar, the CEO of Bohr Quantum Technology, which works at developing and deploying technologies for the emerging quantum internet. Dabbar is also a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Columbia University on energy policy and a Wall Street Journal editorial page contributor. He spoke recently at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations (or TCFR); his address was titled "America Is the Global Energy Superpower."

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