There is no doubt that now, more than ever, we must work to end our dependence on foreign oil sources. But we cannot do so by ignoring the wishes of the coastal communities that oppose drilling.

Mary Elizabeth "Liddy" Alexander Hanford Dole (born July 29 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. A graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School Dole served as Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Labor under George H.