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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-06-08 03:09 UPDATE 1-Obama forcefully defends handling of BP’s spill
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) – In his angriest words yet after being widely criticized for his response to the Gulf oil spill, U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday said he was talking to experts because he wants to know “whose ass to kick.” “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answer so I …
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Obama Defends His Gulf Spill Response
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he’s been talking closely to Gulf Coast fishermen and experts on BP’s catastrophic oil spill not for academic reasons but “so I know whose ass to kick.”
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BP siphons gushing oil as Obama defends actions
President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while BP Plc said it aims to siphon off most of the oil gushing from the ruptured deep-sea wellhead within days.
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Obama defends his team’s handling of gulf oil spill
The president insists his administration is ‘in charge’ of the leak. ‘BP is operating at our direction,’ he says at a briefing, where he announced new restrictions on deep-water drilling. President Obama insisted Thursday that his administration was “in charge” of the effort to stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, batting away suggestions that the federal response has been lackluster and …
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Obama defends response as BP admits spill worse than Exxon Valdez
Seeking to demonstrate leadership amid an exploding environmental and political crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced a six-month moratorium on new deepwater oil leases as a federal investigation continues into the cause of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Obama defends response to Gulf oil spill
• Gulf of Mexico leak worse than Exxon Valdez spill • BP’s efforts to stem the spill are ‘going to plan’ • Obama announces a further ban on deepwater drilling • Head of the US minerals management service is sacked Follow our live updates as the operation continues 12.40pm: “You never heard me say, ‘drill, baby, drill’,” says Obama. On the live video feed from the well head, a robotic arm has …
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BigNews.biz (press release)

White House Defends Gulf Oil Response In 6200-Word Blog Posting Wall Street Journal The Gulf oil disaster has the potential to become the country's most devastating man-made environmental catastrophe, possibly eclipsing the iconic 1989 … GOP on oil: Don't blame – unless it's WHmsnbc.com White House Steps Up Defense on Gulf Oil SpillWall Street Journal (blog) White House backs raising oil damages capAFP Raw Story –Politico –Firedoglake (blog) all 380 news articles »

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CBC.ca

White House Defends Response To Gulf Oil Leak Wall Street Journal … the federal government's response to the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and stressed that BP Plc (BP) will bear the full cost of the disaster. … Gulf oil spill: BP accepts responsibility for oil cleanupLos Angeles Times (blog) Gulf Oil Spill Estimates Grow; May Already Exceed Exxon Valdez DisasterOnEarth Magazine Are We Drawing the Right Lessons from the Gulf Oil Disaster?NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) Seattle Post Intelligencer –NPR –Creative Loafing Tampa (blog) all 27,913 news articles »

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Globe and Mail

Administration Defends Response to Gulf Oil Spill, Says FOXNews Federal officials on Sunday defended their response to the growing oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, saying British Petroleum is ultimately … UPDATE: Size of Gulf oil spill has tripled, expert saysSarasota Herald-Tribune Gulf Oil Spill Could Spell Disaster for US Energy IndependenceSeeking Alpha (blog) Obama visits Gulf oil spill; Fly over or soil his shoes?Los Angeles Times (blog) San Jose Mercury News –Palm Beach Post –DailyTech all 21,749 news articles »

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Reuters

Administration team defends oil spill response The Associated Press Aides report he's been getting regular updates. Salazar, Napolitano and the administration's point man on the disaster, the commandant of the Coast Guard, … Oil spill disasterDetroit Free Press (blog) Disaster flows to shoreMontreal Gazette The Gulf Oil Disaster by the NumbersClean Energy News (blog) Daily Kos (blog) –Gather.com –StarPhoenix all 21,847 news articles »

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