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Obama threatens court action over US oil spill
President Barack Obama Tuesday threatened legal action against those to blame for unleashing the nation’s worst ever oil spill, as BP once again battled to stop the six-week leak.
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Obama arrives in Gulf as BP tries to stop oil leak
COVINGTON, La. (AP) – BP kept pumping heavy mud into its blown-out well beneath the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, but the company’s chief executive cautioned it will be two more days before anyone knows if the latest fix attempt will end the uncontrolled flow of crude that has already become the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Obama to meet spill probe leaders as slick moves north
President Barack Obama will meet with the leaders of a panel he created to probe the worst oil spill in U.S. history on Tuesday, as a giant slick from BP’s blown-out Gulf of Mexico well poses a new threat to the coasts of Mississippi and Alabama.
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AP source: Obama to meet oil spill panel chairmen
President Barack Obama planned to meet Tuesday with the co-chairmen of an independent commission investigating BP’s catastrophic spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP again stops top kill efforts without announcement during Obama visit to Deepwater Horizon leak
NEW YORK – BP’s renewed attempts to plug the geyser of oil at its unbridled well in the Gulf of Mexico were halted again on Friday when the company stopped pumping operations for the third time in three days, a technician involved in the “top kill” effort told Bellona Web.
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Obama vows to hold oil spill culprits accountable
President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to hold the culprits of the U.S. oil disaster legally accountable, and promised to change the law if necessary to prevent history from repeating itself.
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Obama to huddle with commision heads over BP oil disaster
President Barack Obama was to huddle Tuesday with the leaders of a White House commission investigating the BP oil spill, as the company turned to yet another new effort to contain the disaster.
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Obama: All steps BP takes to solve oil spill problem must be approved in advance by government
WASHINGTON (AP) Obama: All steps BP takes to solve oil spill problem must be approved in advance by government.
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