Awash in oil, U.S. reshapes Mideast role 40 years after OPEC embargo

Forty years after an Arab oil embargo throttled the U.S. economy, surging North American energy production has brought the United States closer to a long-dreamed “energy independence” that is reshaping its goals and role in the Middle East. On October 17, 1973, OPEC announced an oil embargo agai…

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Awash in oil, U.S. reshapes Mideast role 40 years after OPEC embargo