Hoarding U.S. energy resources leaves the country less secure than if it moves into the global market, the Center for a New American Security finds. U.S. policymakers are mulling the prospects for more oil and natural gas exports. CNAS published a 44-page report Thursday that said the issue is “more complex” than some policymakers assert. “Hoarding energy at home, neglecting bilateral relationships with major global energy players and forfeiting economic opportunities to export energy would leave the United States less secure,” the report states. “Moreover, policymakers would then be unable to use energy as a tool of economic statecraft to coerce or benefit other countries.” U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez , D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to President Obama in December saying domestic energy reserves should be kept in the U.S. market to keep consumers prices low. “As the […]