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Obama Oil Spill Press Conference: Government In Charge Of Oil Disaster Response

Thursday, May 27, 2010


What are these supertankers that have the ability to "siphon" oil off the surface of the water? Do you have a link to prove that these exist?

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From today's press conference:



JAKE TAPPER: You say that everything that could be done is being done. But there are those in the region and those industry experts who say that's not true. Governor Jindal obviously had this proposal for a barrier. They say that if that had been approved when they first asked for it, they would have 10 miles up already. There are fishermen down there who want to work, who want to help, haven't been trained, haven't been told to go do so. There are industry experts who say that they're surprised that tankers haven't been sent out there to vacuum, as was done in '93 outside Saudi Arabia. And then, of course, there's the fact that there are 17 countries that have offered to help, and the -- it's only been accepted from two countries, Norway and Mexico. How can you say that everything that can be done is being done, with all these experts and all these officials saying that's not true?
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