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Obama advisers to recommend veto of House Keystone bill


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's advisers will recommend he veto a House bill approving construction of the Keystone XL pipeline if it reaches, his desk, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

    Republican senators started the new U.S. Congress on Tuesday with legislation to approve pipeline from Canada to the United States and White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama would not sign it.

    The White House's Office of Management and Budget on Wednesday issued a statement formalizing the veto threat.

    (Editing by Bill Trott)