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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (76356)	5/27/2010 2:12:31 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Respond to of 149317

I think they can help the economy of LA by taking two shots of Bourbon instead. :)

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (76356)	5/27/2010 2:57:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

Obama Open to Ideas on How to Plug Oil Leak, Defends Administration Response President Obama said the federal government is open to ideas from anyone and anywhere on how to plug the oil leak on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, but rejected the notion that Washington has been sitting on the "sidelines" and pledged to fix the problem. "We are relying on every resource and every idea," he said Thursday, at his first full-blown press conference since July. "We will take ideas from anywhere, but we are going to stop it." Obama said that the federal government is "in charge" of the efforts to contain the damage from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. He called the leak his administration's "highest priority" and said anyone claiming otherwise doesn't know the facts. "This entire White House and this federal government has been singularly focused on how do we stop the leak and how do we prevent and mitigate the damage to our coastlines," Obama said. The press conference comes as the White House battles the perception that it has not done enough to contain the damage from the gushing oil spill in the Gulf. Obama said response teams are using the "best science" to plug the leak, but stressed that BP, not the federal government, has the "superior technology" to get the job done. He said the federal government is taking "full advantage" of that expertise, acknowledging that the response is "absolutely not" going perfectly. But he insisted that Washington is the one giving the orders and has the authority to order BP to change course. "From the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort," Obama said. "BP is operating at our direction." He added that BP will pay "every dime" for the damage it has done to the coastal communities. "BP is responsible for this horrific disaster and we will hold them fully accountable on behalf of the United States," he said. The Obama administration unveiled a host of policy changes in the run-up to the event -- Obama confirmed at the press conference that he was extending a moratorium on new deepwater drilling permits for another six months. He also announced that drilling off the coast of Alaska was being suspended and that certain lease sales off the coast of Virginia and in the Gulf have been canceled. Shortly before Obama entered the East Room, the head of the Minerals Management Service which oversees offshore drilling, resigned. Obama pointed the finger at MMS during his press conference for lax oversight, but claimed that he only found out about director Elizabeth Birnbaum's departure Thursday. "I don't know the circumstances in which this occurred," he said. Asked whether Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's job was safe, Obama said it was. Obama claimed his administration inherited the problems at MMS, but said "I take responsibility" for problems that persisted since he took office. As he spoke, BP was trying to inject mud into the leak to plug it, an effort the Coast Guard said was seeing some success. foxnews.com