Obama tours Gulf of Mexico before showndown with BP
&$ &$U.S. President Barack Obama walks with National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen at Gulfport Airport in Gulfport, Mississippi June 14, 2010. Obama toured the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, two days ahead of a crucial showdown with top BP executives over the oil spill that caused the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ &$ Read more on People’s Daily
On Morning Joe, Rolling Stone’s executive editor Eric Bates reports that before the explosion on Deepwater Horizon, Obama knew well in advance that it had a major problem with the regulatory structure and did nothing to reform as he’d promised to, and then after the explosion dropped the ball and knew the spill could be very big from the very beginning. 6/7/10 Video Rating: 5 / 5
Obama sees light ahead for oil-damaged Gulf Coast
In a newly optimistic tone, President Barack Obama promised Monday that “things are going to return to normal” along the stricken Gulf Coast and the region’s fouled waters will be in even better shape than before the catastrophic BP oil spill. Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune
Obama wants BP cash in escrow
President Barack Obama, still scrambling to take political control of the Gulf oil crisis, will demand this week that BP begin setting aside cash in escrow accounts to handle damages and turn over the handling of claims to an independent panel, White House officials said Sunday. The president, who is … Read more on The Washington Times
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Now the the sandstorm of drilling mud flying around the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico at the oil spill site is being overwhelmed with black crude. This is really not good and could indicate a leak of oil from another place beside the BOP, like the bottom of the seafloor. blog.alexanderhiggins.com Follow this live video blog here: blog.alexanderhiggins.com
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Gulf oil spill latest: Obama plans fourth tour of region
President Barack Obama is going back to the Gulf of Mexico, this time venturing on to new ground tainted by oil, before he speaks to the nation about… Read more on The News-Press
Obama plans speech, victims fund for Gulf
Pelicans with oil on them wait to be cleaned at the Fort Jackson Oiled Wildlife Rehabilitation Center on June 11, 2010. The oil spill now called the largest environmental disaster in American history. Read more on The Kentucky Post
Could Obama Really Move the Mississippi to Save Gulf Wetlands?
No man can move mountains, but our President just might move the nation’s largest river. File under: whoa. The Beltway-connected historian Douglas Brinkley dropped something of a bombshell talking to Anderson Cooper about the administration’s response to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Brinkley suggests that on top of the short-term fixes—actually stopping the gusher and cleaning up the oil … Read more on GOOD
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