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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Brumar89 who wrote (572645)6/20/2010 11:43:47 PM
From: J_F_Shepard  Read Replies (1) of 1577399
 
"The maintenance of the US’ Jones Act, which rules that only US-flag vessels may transport merchandise or passengers in the country, is not hindering the BP oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico, despite widespread commentary that it is.

President Obama has been criticised for not waiving the Jones Act in the same manner former President Bush did in the Hurrican Katrina recovery.

“It appears that critics of the Jones Act are distorting the facts by claiming that the Jones Act applies in an instance when it simply doesn’t, or where it does, not being forthcoming with the law and the facts,” said Ken Wells, president of the Offshore Marine Service Association."

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