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The drilling of oil and natural gas is part of a broader initiative on energy, administration official says
The proposal includes the lifting of 20-year ban on drilling off the coast of Virginia
One Republican leader said that Obama's plan does not go far enough

(CNN) – President Obama revealed his plans on Wednesday to open large areas of U.S. coastal waters in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas drilling – a measure that could satisfy the energy industry, but annoying environmentalist supporters of the administration.

The management plan including the removal of 20-year ban on drilling off the coast of Virginia, while putting the clamps on sites that had been approved at the southwest coast of Alaska.

The plan authorizes the Department of the Interior to carry out seismic studies were the middle and southern Atlantic coasts to “determine the amount and location of potential oil and gas rESOURCES to support the planning of energy, “according to a statement by a White House official.

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Approximately two thirds of the oil and gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico will be open for drilling if Congress lifted the suspension on oil and gas operations in the region, the communique. Perforation occurs more than 125 miles from the coast of Florida.

“This is not a decision I took lightly,” Obama said at a hearing set in Maryland Base Naval Air Facility Andrews.

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“But the end result is this: Given our energy needs, in order to sustain economic growth and generate jobs and keep our companies competitive, we must take the traditional sources of fuel, even as increasing production of new sources of renewable, homegrown energy. ”

The President was accompanied during his speech, the Secretaries of Interior, energy, and Navy, as well as the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

The Republican leaders have lobbied strongly for additional domestic drilling to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources. A top Republican, but he argued that Obama's plan does not go far enough.

“It's long past time for this government to stop delaying the production of American energy from all our shores,” said Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

“The opening of the coastal areas of Virginia to production abroad is a positive step, but maintaining the Pacific Coast and Alaska as well as the most promising resources of the Gulf of Mexico, with no sense key at a time when gas prices are rising and AmerICAN asks “Where are the jobs?”

Obama tried to portray his decision to centrist and pragmatic policy, the balance of the country's growing energy needs and environmental concerns.

The administration has been “guided not by politics but by the evidence,” he said. “We must go beyond the tired debates between left and right between business leaders and environmentalists, including calls for drilling is a panacea and that claim has no place. As this issue is too important to allow our progress languished while fighting against the same old battles over and over again. ”

White House spokesmen Bill Burton and Ben Labolt said the announcement was made at Andrews – the base of the presidential plane Air Force One – because it is an appropriate place to discuss energy security.

Besides talking about his plans for offshore drilling, Obama spoke about the importance of making greater use of biofuels. The U.S. Air Force is currently the Pentagon's largest consumer of aviation fuel, consuming 2.4 billion gallons a year, according to Burton and Labolt. AirForce, however, is trying to transition to greater use of alternative fuels.

In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transport is prepared to sign an agreement on Thursday to set fuel economy standards for cars and trucks for model year 2012-2016.

“We are implementing policies that greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” the official said, noting the White House is “lead by example” and announced the purchase of 5,000 hybrid vehicles in fleet Federal.

CNN's Dan Lothian, Suzanne Malveaux, Deirdre Walsh and Erika Dimmler Alan Silverleib contributed to this report.