Why would the united states want to produce its own oil and not buy from other producers?

Because if they produce their own oil they will save money because of the buy the oil from someone else it costs more and if they produce oil they can also sell oil to other country’s and make money.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts

i dont know the answer sorry but if i knew it i would of told you