Obama Gulf Oil Spill

Fulfilling President Obama's Gulf Coast Restoration Pledge

Paul Harrison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three days before President Obama's visit to Louisiana to commemorate the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, a broad, bi-partisan coal...

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Obama Family To Vacation In Gulf Coast In August

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking his own advice and taking his family to the Gulf Coast on vacation next month, something he and fi...

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Gulf Oil Spill Presidential Commission Named By Obama

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency chief on the job during the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska in 1989 and a former Florida senat...

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Obama Says Gulf Oil Cap Is 'Good News'

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says BP's successful capping of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is "good news." But he says testing continues...

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Obama's Oil Response Aggressive As Crisis Unfolded: AP

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT and ERICA WERNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It was a two-day trip to the Midwest to talk about jobs and clean energy. President Barack Obama didn't mention the drama unfolding...

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Arianna Says Frustration With Obama Goes Beyond Left And Right On 'Fareed Zakaria GPS' (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared as a guest on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on Sunday, along with Eliot Spitzer, Ross Douthat and Katrina vanden Heuvel . The roundtable...

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Michael Steele To Barack Obama: Stop Playing Golf Until Oil Spill Ends

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, it was an ad. This time, it's a statement from the GOP chairman. Over the weekend, Republicans advanced the meme that President Obama has...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Don't Forget 9/11, Mr. President

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those of us who lived through the aftermath of Sept. 11, the story of the emergency responders has a chilling familiarity.

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Republican Ad Slams Obama For Focusing Too Much On Golf And Not Enough On Gulf Spill (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

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A day after President Barack Obama addressed the nation about the Gulf oil spill, the Republican National Committee released an ad criticizing his res...

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From BP Massacre to BP Massacred: Let's Move

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, the Kingfish was loud, abrasive, and dictatorial, but he was also right -- right for the people of Louisiana, and, it now appears, right for the rest of us Americans, too.

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New Poll: Americans Dissatisfied With How Obama Has Handled Spill

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have become just as dissatisfied with President Barack Obama's work on the Gulf oil spill as they were with his predecess...

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Gulf Oil Spill: What Obama Is Overlooking

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to mitigating the effects of the oil spill, President Obama, like his administration's federal response, has focused on the country's co...

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Obama To Name New Head Of Oil Drilling Agency

Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington (AP) -- The White House is about to announce a new head of the agency that regulates the oil industry, a Democratic official said Tuesday ...

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Sadness and Seafood: New Orleans Recounts the Loss

Vivian Norris | Posted 11.17.2011

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My friend Jim Gabour sent me a Blackberry thumbed update last week from Pensacola -- where those on the lookout for the arrival of the oil on those pristine beaches weren't talking.

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Obama Was Flying To Private Fundraiser During Deepwater Horizon Memorial Service

CNN | Abby Livingston | Posted 05.25.2011

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According his official schedule, President Obama did not attend the May 25 memorial service in Jackson, Mississippi for the workers who died in the De...

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GOP Tests 2012 Theme vs. Obama

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican presidential contenders appear to have found a 2012 campaign theme: They're spreading the word that President Barack Obama lacks enough rea...

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Palin Chides Obama's Lack Of Executive Experience In Handling Gulf Oil Spill

AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 05.25.2011

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JUNEAU, Alaska — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said President Barack Obama's acknowledgment that he hasn't directly spoken to BP's chief execut...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Obama Vows To Stand With Coast Residents 'Until They Are Made Whole'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRAND ISLE, La. — President Barack Obama said Saturday that he will stand with Gulf Coast residents "until they are made whole" from the oil spi...

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Obama To BP: No Nickel And Diming Gulf Residents (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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GRAND ISLE, La. (Associated Press) - Dogged for being too calm in crisis, President Barack Obama unleashed frustration for all to see Friday, warning ...

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Obama Makes Third Visit To Challenged Gulf Region

Posted 05.25.2011

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KENNER, La. (AP) -- Stormy skies greeted President Barack Obama as he arrived at the Gulf of Mexico Friday to encourage residents and get a fresh loo...

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Obama Oil Spill Speech: FULL TEXT

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) -- Intent on showing firm command of a deepening Gulf Coast crisis, President Barack Obama inspected a fouled beach, took in wha...

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Obama To Visit Coastal Louisiana For Oil Spill Update

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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GRAND ISLE, La. — Kneeling to pick up tar balls on an oil-fouled beach and listening to "heartbreaking stories" of loss, President Barack Obama ...

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

AP/Huffington Post | JENNIFER LOVEN and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama defensively and sometimes testily insisted on Thursday that his administration, not oil giant BP, was callin...

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Obama Oil Spill Speech: President To Take Questions, Cite Report, On Gulf Oil Spill

AP | TOM RAUM and JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thrown on the defensive, President Barack Obama acknowledged his administration could have done better in dealing with the biggest ...

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Obama To Aide: 'Plug The Damn Leak'

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Oil spill frustration is rampant. The White House is being pounded for not acting more aggressively in the month-old oil spill dis...

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