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Why "Obama the Politician" will always hold back "Obama the President"

Thu, 06/10/2010 - 07:49
The president's leadership potential has yet to be delivered ...
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Obama Calls Oil Spill 'Assault On Our Shores'

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 13:18
President Barack Obama inspected the oil clean up efforts, took in what he called “heartbreaking stories” of the catastrophe and declared “we’re going to keep at it” until the America’s largest-ever oil spill is stopped and cleaned up, MSNBC reports. “It’s an assault on our shores, on our people, on the regional economy and on communities like this one,” said Obama, from this small barrier island town threatened by the massive oil l ...
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Obama Visits Gulf Coast Beach

Fri, 05/28/2010 - 09:46
President Barack Obama has arrived in Louisiana in order to inspect America's largest-ever oil spill, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Obama has launched a campaign to step up public engagement and directly confront the public's anger. He held a White House news conference Thursday to address the matter, saying "I take responsibility" for handling what is now considered the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. ...
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Coast Guard: No Plans To Push BP Out Of Oil Spill Cleanup

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 12:42
BP will not be replaced by the federal government in the ongoing cleanup efforts of the Gulf oil spill, said Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, the Obama administration's point man for the spill. "To push BP out of the way would raise the question: to replace them with what?" he said at the White House. BP is "exhausting every technical means possible" to deal with the spill, he said on Monday. A BP executive on Monday defended his company's attempts to ...
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Looking ahead: BP mucks up Gulf Coast, Facebook on privacy

Mon, 05/24/2010 - 00:14
A slide show of what's on the near horizon in political news ...
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Congressman Wants Health Centers To Aid Workers Hit By Oil Spill

Fri, 05/21/2010 - 09:12
A Louisiana congressman is concerned about oil spill-related illnesses and so he has asked the White House to set up temporary health care centers along the Gulf Coast to serve volunteers and workers, CNN reports. Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon envisions such clinics as providing "medical checkups to people who have come in contact with the oil and assist in monitoring the health effects of the oil leak on south Louisianians." He sent the request Wednesday to He ...
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BP Ordered To Find New Dispearsant For Oil Spill

Thu, 05/20/2010 - 11:58
According to CNN.com, The Environmental Protection Agency said due to the concern of the long term negative effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico they ordered BP to find another chemical dispersant to use on the Gulf Coast oil spill. The agency has announced that BP has until midnight on Thursday to choose an alternative to Corexit 9500 and 72 hours to p ...
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Secretary Of The Interior Pledges To Reform Ties To Big Oil

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 16:31
A top U.S. official pledged Tuesday to reform how the government does business with the oil industry and to hold BP accountable for the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, CNNMoney reports. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, speaking before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, outlined the steps he has taken to overhaul the Minerals Management Service, which has been criticized for having a "cozy" relationship with the oil and gas companies it's task ...
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Tar Balls Found In Key West Florida

Tue, 05/18/2010 - 10:28
According to CNN.com, Officials from The Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say there will be shoreline surveys in Key West, Florida, on Tuesday after tar balls were found on a beach there. The Coast Guard said in a statement it responded to the Florida Park Service report of 20 tar balls on the beach at Fort Zachary Taylor State Park. ...
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U.S. Homeland Security Chief Defends Oil Spill Response

Mon, 05/17/2010 - 16:35
The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who declared a Gulf of Mexico oil spill an event of "national significance" nine days after a deadly oil-rig explosion, on Monday said that the Obama administration had showed an "all hands on deck" response "since day one." Napolitano also said that the response to the disaster could be far from winding down. "Worst-case scenario is we'll be at this for quite ...
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