Introduction of Debaters

Moderator Jim Angle, chief Washington correspondent for Fox News Channel, introduces the four participants in the final debate in Season Two of the Miller Center's National Discussion and Debate Series. The event, held at the University of Virginia on May 14, 2009, examined the following resolution: The United States must end its dependency on carbon-based fuels. John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress, and James Woolsey, former Director of Central Intelligence, argued in favor of the resolution. Governor Christine Todd Whitman, former Governor of New Jersey and EPA Administrator, and Karen Harbert, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, argued against.

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