Keystone XL pipeline decision delayed until after 2012 election

By Christi Parsons,

Paul Richter

March 20, 2014 12:53 PM PT

Reporting from Washington —

cparsons@latimes.com paul.richter@latimes.comTimes staff writer Kim Murphy in Seattle contributed to this report.

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Christi Parsons

Christi Parsons was the Los Angeles Times’ White House correspondent from 2008-18.

Paul Richter

Paul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy for the Los Angeles Times out of its Washington, D.C., bureau. He previously covered the Pentagon, the White House and, from New York City, the financial industry. He was raised in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., and graduated from Clark University. He left The Times in 2015.