http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02530090.htm
The Bush administration asked the International Energy Agency to ship emergency gasoline to the struggling U.S. gasoline market, where retail prices have soared since Hurricane Katrina shut down eight Gulf Coast refineries.
A U.S. government official told Reuters that most of the IEA gasoline supplies would come from European member nations. The IEA coordinates emergency oil reserves in 26 industrialized countries, including the United States.
We all know his priorities, so it makes sense his first act-of-the-day is regarding oil energy, but it is rare to Bush humble himself, and rarer to ask the EU for favors. Jerome had an excellent energy diary up this morning. He indicated that bring EU reserves to the US puts Bush in difficult political position; he now owes a favor to major EU countries.