But this being in Florida, he also brought up an issue as popular here as ethanol is in Iowa - a proposal for national catastrophe fund that would help lower insurance rates for homeowners.
Indeed, the Casey Institute has yet to find a single U.S. investment bank, public pension fund, mutual fund or insurance company which includes a national security-related review in its "due diligence" assessments of emerging market entities.
India's oil secretary, Vivek Rae, told reporters on the sidelines of an event here that the proposal is "under consideration" and nationalinsurance and oil companies would have to contribute to such a fund.