National Press Club 'NEWSMAKER' Media Briefing with Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) and Energy Security Leadership Council

WASHINGTON, April 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the National Press Club"

National Press Club 'NEWSMAKER' Media Briefing with Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) and Energy Security Leadership Council

Thursday, April 17, 2008
12:30 p.m.

National Press Club (Murrow Room)

Securing America's Future Energy's Energy Security Leadership Council:

Adam Goldstein, CEO, Royal Caribbean
Gen. Charles Wald, Former Deputy Commander, US European Command
David Steiner, CEO, Waste Management
Eric Schwartz, Goldman Sachs

will discuss Oil Prices and the Falling Dollar:
Why America Can't Afford to Limit its Options

Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE), a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization, was formed in 2004 to educate and advocate for real, practical solutions to America's energy security vulnerabilities. In 2006, SAFE joined with Frederick W. Smith -- Chairman, President, and CEO of FedEx Corporation -- and General P.X. Kelley (Ret.) -- 28th Commandant of the Marine Corps -- to create the Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC), a group of prominent business leaders and retired senior military officers dedicated to addressing the economic and security aspects of oil dependence.

Since then, SAFE and the ESLC have been at the forefront of the energy security debate. In December 2006, the ESLC released its Recommendations to the Nation on Reducing U.S. Oil Dependence, a comprehensive plan to improve our energy security. A year later, Congress passed and the President signed into law groundbreaking legislation centered on an increase in vehicle fuel-economy standards matching that in the Recommendations.

Now, SAFE is releasing a new study exploring recent oil price volatility and the effect of a plunging U.S. dollar on energy prices. The study concludes that expanding domestic production of oil and natural gas is a crucial next step to improving America's energy security, and therefore economic strength and national security.

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Source: National Press Club

CONTACT: Frank Maisano of the National Press Club, +1-202-828-5864,
frank.maisano@bgllp.com;Jonathan Grella of SAFE, +1-202-461-2369,
jgrella@secureenergy.org

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