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Obama: U.S. ‘In Charge’ of Oil Spill Response
President Obama called the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico an “unprecedented disaster” and said the federal government is fully in charge of the response
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Following up on his press conference discussing the BP oil spill, the President travelled to the Gulf Coast to get another first-hand look at the progress and to be briefed by those on the ground.  At the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Grande Isle, Louisiana, the President spoke to the frustration those in the local community and across America feel watching the BP oil leak:

Understandably, the feelings of frustration and anger, the sense that any response is inadequate — we expect that frustration and anger to continue until we actually solve this problem.  But in the meantime, we’ve got to make sure that everybody is working in concert, that everybody is moving in the same direction.  And I want everybody to know that everybody here — at every level — is working night and day to end this crisis. We’re considering every single idea out there, especially from folks who know these communities best.

The President commended those in the area who have “rolled up their sleeves” to help with the clean up, saying that “we’re in this together.”  He warned that as frustrating as it is now, the clean-up will be a monumental and lengthy process, but he pledged to ensure that BP compensates those whose livelihoods have suffered and directed small business owners and others in need of help to the resources here at WhiteHouse.gov.

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He spoke extensively of what he saw touring the tragedy this morning:

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Obama: U.S. ‘In Charge’ of Oil Spill Response
President Barack Obama called the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico an “unprecedented disaster” and said the federal government is fully in charge of the response.
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U.S. Stocks Retreat as Spending Trails Forecast (Correct)
(Corrects percentage change for oil yesterday in third paragraph after “Offshore Drilling” subhead.) May 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks retreated, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index paring yesterday’s 3.3 percent advance, after personal spending trailed economists’ forecasts and energy companies dropped on President Barack Obama moratorium on new deepwater drilling permits.
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U.S. Stocks Fall as Spending Trails Forecasts, Drillers Decline
May 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks retreated, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index paring yesterday’s 3.3 percent advance, after personal spending trailed economists’ forecasts and energy companies dropped on President Barack Obama moratorium on new deepwater drilling permits.
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U.S. Vows to Replace BP on Oil Response If Necessary to Control Spill
The U.S. government will move aside BP from the operation to try to halt the Gulf of Mexico oil spill if it decides the company is not performing as required in its response to the well leak, U.S. …
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Salazar: U.S. doing all it can on oil spill
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reiterated Wednesday that the U.S. government is doing all it can to put an end to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and to enforce ethics requirements in the federal agency responsible for inspecting oil wells.
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Gulf oil spill is worst in U.S. history, estimates suggest
(CNN) — The Gulf of Mexico undersea gusher is the largest oil spill in United States history — possibly already more than twice as big as the Exxon Valdez spill, government estimates suggested Thursday.
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U.S. Coast Guard approves construction of ‘prototype’ sand berm to fight oil spill
Gerald Herbert / The Associated PressRetired Coast Guard Adm.Thad Allen participates in a morning operations briefing at the Incident Command Post Houma in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Houma, La., Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard said…
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U.S. Government Keeps Boot On Neck Of BP Over Spill
GALLIANO, La., May 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. government piled pressure on BP Plc on Monday to clean up a “massive environmental mess” in the Gulf of Mexico amid growing anger at the oil giant’s failure to contain a five-week-old oil spill.
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