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Gulf Coast oil spill: Day 34 update
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It's been 34 days since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration and national press corps are refocusing their attention on the federal response this week with a series of visits, statements and actions. Here are highlights from this past weekend and the week ahead:
• President Obama will participate in the daily call to Gulf State governors on Monday, and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen is scheduled to join White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today at the daily press briefing. As Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer both plan to take their national newscasts to the region tonight, it's clear the White House will continue to push back hard against suggestions it's not responding well enough. (And Obama gets better energy images later this week in California.)
• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Louisiana on Monday. They'll be joined by Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and David Vitter (R-La.).
• Salazar said Sunday that the U.S. government will move aside BP from the operation if it decides the company is not performing as required. "I am angry and I am frustrated that BP has been unable to stop this oil from leaking and to stop the pollution from spreading," Salazar told reporters after visiting BP's offices in Houston.
Gulf Coast oil spill: Day 34 update
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It's been 34 days since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and sank in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration and national press corps are refocusing their attention on the federal response this week with a series of visits, statements and actions. Here are highlights from this past weekend and the week ahead:
• President Obama will participate in the daily call to Gulf State governors on Monday, and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen is scheduled to join White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs today at the daily press briefing. As Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer both plan to take their national newscasts to the region tonight, it's clear the White House will continue to push back hard against suggestions it's not responding well enough. (And Obama gets better energy images later this week in California.)
• Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Louisiana on Monday. They'll be joined by Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and David Vitter (R-La.).
• Salazar said Sunday that the U.S. government will move aside BP from the operation if it decides the company is not performing as required. "I am angry and I am frustrated that BP has been unable to stop this oil from leaking and to stop the pollution from spreading," Salazar told reporters after visiting BP's offices in Houston.