W.H. Nat’l Economic Council Head: Ukraine Crisis Shows We Need 'True Energy Independence' by 'Reducing Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels'

On Tuesday's broadcast of "CNN Newsroom," White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese argued that the situation in Ukraine underscores the need for "true energy independence, and that's about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels." And that we have to decrease dependence on oil and gas "so that we and our allies, like those in Europe" aren't as vulnerable to changes in the global price of oil.