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To: tejek who wrote (81454)	6/16/2010 6:32:18 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

Day late and dollar short. Oil is in the marshes now. "U.S. Turns to World for Help on Gulf Oil Spill Washingtonpost.com) This story was written by Juliet Eilperin and Glenn Kessler Four weeks after the nation's worst environmental disaster, the Obama administration saw no need to accept offers of state-of-the-art skimmers, miles of boom or technical assistance from nations around the globe with experience fighting oil spills. "We'll let BP decide on what expertise they do need," State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid told reporters on May 19. "We are keeping an eye on what supplies we do need. And as we see that our supplies are running low, it may be at that point in time to accept offers from particular governments."