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Most Americans of all political stripes support construction of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and want President Obama to sign legislation approving it, according to a new Fox News poll. 

The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to refineries in the United States. 

A 65-percent majority says Obama should sign the Keystone legislation, according to the poll.  That includes 82 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 52 percent of Democrats. 

Click here to view full results of the poll (pdf)

Overall, only 22 percent of voters think the president should veto it — which he has threatened to do.

The U.S. House passed a bill approving the pipeline Friday.  The Senate is now considering Keystone legislation, but there won’t be a final vote this week.

Support for Keystone has held steady for years:  68 percent of voters backed it at the end of 2014, 70 percent in 2013 and 67 percent in 2012.

Here again, support comes from more than half of Democrats, most independents and almost all Republicans. 

The Fox News poll is based on landline and cell phone interviews with 1,018 randomly chosen registered voters nationwide and was conducted under the joint direction of Anderson Robbins Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R) from January 11-13, 2015. The full poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points.

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Lloyd gives Brathwaite, Samuels full marks

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CMC) — Chief selector Clive Lloyd has praised Kraigg Brathwaite’s maturity in the wake of the opener’s third Test century and said coupled with the presence of the experienced Marlon Samuels, West Indies were now only two middle-order batsmen short of being a quality Test side.

Lloyd, the legendary former captain credited with moulding West Indies into a world-class side of the 1970s and 80s, said the 22-year-old had shown he possessed the mettle for Test cricket.

“I think people will realise now that we do have young players who want to do well in Test cricket and not only thinking of T20,” Lloyd pointed out.

“He (Brathwaite) is very mature for his age, and the innings I have seen him play against Bangladesh, and now here, shows that he’s getting better with every game.

“He’s a good thinker, and you can tell from interviews. His answers are very intelligent. So if we can continue with players of that nature our team is not too far away from being a very good one.”

Samuels, Lloyd said, had also come into his own, and the key was now to find two quality young players to complement the batting.

“He has shown maturity. He’s batted well in one-dayers, he’s batted well in Test matches, so I think we’re just trying to form that middle [order],” Lloyd explained.

“I think we need another two batsmen in the middle there, who can sort of fight through situations and give us a total for our bowlers to bowl to. And we’ll keep searching with the youngsters that we have and hope that they can come through.”

Both Brathwaite and Samuels proved their quality in the second Test at Port Elizabeth, stroking high-class centuries in a record 176-run, third-wicket stand to repel South Africa.

Their effort kept West Indies in the contest on the fourth day of the rain-affected encounter, before bad weather returned to force the abandonment of the final day.

“They both did very well. They were very mature,” Lloyd assessed.

“We had some very tight times when the bowlers were on top, but they fought through it; and it shows we have those skills, and, if we can continue in that vein, we can’t be too far away from building a proper team and a team that can compete with all nations.”

West Indies are down 0-1 in the three-Test series, following a heavy innings and 220-run defeat in the opening Test in Centurion. The result extended the Caribbean side’s dismal record on South African soil, where they have never won a Test series and lost 10 of 12 matches.

Despite the poor results, Lloyd remained upbeat about the Windies talent pool and the side’s ability to find good players.

“You had (Kenroy) Peters who was home a week ago and he didn’t think he would be playing in a Test match, but he’s here, done extremely well; so we’re standing in good stead at the moment,” Lloyd said.

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Lloyd gives Brathwaite, Samuels full marks