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Obama Says ‘Buck Stops With Me Over Oil Spill’
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks after a briefing on the damage along the Louisiana coastline caused after a BP oil line ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, May 28, 2010. (From L-R) National Incident Commander U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen , Obama, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
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Obama inspects beach threatened by Gulf oil spill
Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama kneeled on a Lousiana beach Friday and lamented livelihoods and wildlife imperiled by America’s largest-ever oil spill.
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AP: BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans
ROBERT, La. (AP) — BP hoped to know as early as this afternoon if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska.
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Obama arrives in Gulf as BP progresses
BP reported progress Friday in its struggle to plug its gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well, but U.S. President Barack Obama cautioned there was no “silver bullet” solution to the biggest oil spill in U.S.[…]
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BP oil spill: Barack Obama to extend moratorium on deepwater drilling for 6 months
President Barack Obama will extend a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling for six months while a commission studies the reasons for the Gulf of Mexico spill.
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Obama extends stop on deepwater wells
Escalating his administration’s response to the disastrous Gulf oil spill, President Barack Obama plans to announce Thursday that a moratorium on new deepwater oil drilling permits will be continued for six months while a presidential commission…
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Obama Extends Moratorium on Deepwater Drilling
President Obama is extending a moratorium on deepwater oil drilling by six months. In a White House news conference, Obama unveiled new federal guidelines for offshore drilling.
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Obama Outraged Over BP, Federal Oil Regulators, Axelrod Says
May 26 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama ’s outrage over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached “the upper scale,” and it is directed at both BP Plc and federal regulators, senior White House adviser David Axelrod said today.
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Obama sees oil spill up close on Louisiana beach
U.S. President Barack Obama toured Louisiana Friday to survey first hand the efforts to cap and clean up a disastrous oil spill causing environmental and economic misery across the Gulf.
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Obama suspends oil permits, deepwater exploration
US President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled tough moves to suspend new oil drilling and exploration following the Gulf of Mexico disaster, while denying the government was too slow to tackle the crisis.
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