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Governments Respond to Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

  • President Obama’s Address to the Nation on BP Oil Spill
    President Obama’s Address to the Nation on BP Oil Spill

    June 15, 2010 - THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al Qaeda wherever it exists. And tonight, I’ve returned from a trip .. 

  • President Obama's Oval Office Address on the BP Oil Spill: "A Faith in the Futur
    President Obama's Oval Office Address on the BP Oil Spill: "A Faith in the Futur

    June 14, 2010 - Having just returned from the Gulf, the President gave his first Oval Office address on the BP oil spill and the urgent need to turn towards a clean energy future. 

  • Announcement on Oil Spill: International Offers of Assistance
    Announcement on Oil Spill: International Offers of Assistance

    June 14, 2010 As we work to mitigate the effects of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the United States is grateful for the offers of assistance received from seventeen countries and four international bodies in the form of equipment, expertise and general assistance. The countries include: the Governments of Canada, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, Croatia...  

  • President Obama: We Will Stop Gulf Oil Leak
    President Obama: We Will Stop Gulf Oil Leak

    May 28, 2010 Washington — President Obama said the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is a tragedy that is difficult to stop, but the U.S. government is exploring all reasonable strategies in an effort to plug the leak and mitigate the ecological and economic damage. 

  • Governments Respond to Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
    Governments Respond to Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

    May 3, 2010 Washington — Federal, state and local officials are working aggressively to contain a major oil spill from a collapsed deep-water oil rig that is threatening beaches, marshlands and estuaries along the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico.