But Pickens, who is a Republican, says he is impressed by President-elect Barack Obama and sees him as a man with a long-range vision of weaning the nation off oil from unstable regions of the world.

• 但是作为共和党的皮肯斯说，他对新当选的总统奥巴马印象极其深刻，奥巴马让国家不再榨取动荡地区的石油一举可以看出，他是一个有着长远目光的人。