Pres. Obama Press Conference on Gulf Oil Spill

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Pres. Obama Press Conference on Gulf Oil Spill
President Obama said the federal government was not prepared to deal with an oil spill the size of the one in the Gulf of Mexico. He also admitted that the government was not skeptical enough of oil industry claims that large underwater spills could be avoided. In his first news conference since July of last year, the President talked about efforts to impose new regulations for offshore drilling and responds to criticism of the government’s response to the spill so far.
Length: 1 hr. 3 min.

Published: Thursday at 12:45pm (ET)
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx? ... HP-A-48693