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Feds Won't Replace BP: Cleanup Point Man

Coast Guard admiral defends oil company's efforts

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2010 3:25 PM CDT

(Newser) – BP is "exhausting every technical means possible" in cleanup of the Gulf oil spill, and the federal government has no plans to take over the project from the oil company, the administration's chief contact for the disaster said this afternoon. Adm. Thad Allen didn't join the chorus of frustration expressed by interior secretary Ken Salazar and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in just the last 24 hours, reports CNN.

"To push BP out of the way would raise the question: to replace them with what?" Allen said.

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, left, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speak to reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 24, 2010.
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, left, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs speak to reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 24, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, right, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, speak to reporters during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 24, 2010.
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen, right, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, speak to reporters during a news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 24, 2010.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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bewilderbeast
May 25, 2010 12:18 PM CDT
This is not about Repubs and Dems. Its about why America has a government beholden to Big Corporates. About why Big Corporates pay so little tax. About why Big Corporates write the laws that "govern" them, and about why their "overseers" are scared of them. Watching The Government of the mighty USA sit back while a major disaster threatens, leaving it up to a private Big Rich Oil conglomerate to look after its people, its land, its future is quite surreal. It should not be happening. Something is badly WRONG.
kyleleitch
May 24, 2010 11:02 PM CDT
To replace them with what? Ummmmm..... the government? And if you're worried about paying for it then make BP pay. They've been slow to act this whole time. Then again... can we really trust the government to take care of this issue? After all, let's not forget Katrina.
Ucantusethatname
May 24, 2010 9:26 PM CDT
Not gonna happen. Replacing BP would require leadership, a factor in short supply in the WH these days. No enough leadership there to lead a horse to water.
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