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Obama Orders BP To Give Daily Updates On Cleanup
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Source: Huff Post

The Obama administration directed more fire against BP last night, ordering it to provide daily updates on its efforts to contain the spill and to stop the use of a toxic chemical dispersant to break up the slick.

The White House said it expected the oil company to post daily updates on its website. "We think that is what the company owes, again, both us and the American people, as we work through our response and as the public has questions about their operations," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/gulf-oil-spill...


Why isn't he getting daily reports already? It's been a month!
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  -Obama Orders BP To Give Daily Updates On Cleanup subsuelo  May-21-10 09:22 PM   #0 
  - 'White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.' - would it hurt Obama to address us?  Bluebear   May-21-10 09:23 PM   #1 
  - No kidding.  subsuelo   May-21-10 09:25 PM   #3 
  - Maybe he is but this bit is for the public.  EFerrari   May-21-10 09:24 PM   #2 
  - True.  midnight   May-22-10 12:35 AM   #21 
  - WOW -- Obama is kickin' ass and takin' NAMES!  katandmoon   May-21-10 09:30 PM   #4 
  - he's takin names alright - of the glbt service ppl who will be DADT removed this year nt  msongs   May-21-10 10:26 PM   #14 
  - You're joking, right? Please tell me you're joking. This is not kicking ass or taking names. BP  salguine   May-21-10 11:31 PM   #18 
     - I was joking, I was joking!  katandmoon   May-21-10 11:39 PM   #20 
        - I suspected as much -- but there are so many people on DU who start high-fiving when  salguine   May-22-10 09:04 AM   #24 
  - Jayzus H, are you telling me they haven't been? This wasn't demanded of them from Day 1?  Brickbat   May-21-10 09:31 PM   #5 
  - Government takeover!!! I wish he'd take over the whole thing. nt  thereismore   May-21-10 09:31 PM   #6 
  - Well, the corps pretty much run this administration...  Iowa   May-22-10 06:04 PM   #30 
  - They are claiming that the pipeline they have siphoning off some of  jwirr   May-21-10 09:35 PM   #7 
  - What a joke.  Webster Green   May-21-10 09:36 PM   #8 
  - Well, isn't that special.  aquart   May-21-10 09:50 PM   #9 
  - got more on that???  CountAllVotes   May-21-10 09:55 PM   #11 
     - It was on Olbermann tonight.  aquart   May-21-10 10:35 PM   #15 
  - Next: A strongly worded letter! BP must be quaking in their wellies.  FailureToCommunicate   May-21-10 09:54 PM   #10 
  - "both us and the American people" Robert - are the birthers right? you are not American people?  scentopine   May-21-10 10:01 PM   #12 
  - Good catch.  Iowa   May-22-10 06:06 PM   #31 
  - Arrest the BP execs, dunk them in oil, and test for flammability  charlesg   May-21-10 10:23 PM   #13 
  - I've said myself they ought to be waterboarded, with crude oil substituted for water. Then  salguine   May-21-10 11:33 PM   #19 
  - Are you serious? I've had customers demand that level of update for products worth less than $300  AtheistCrusader   May-21-10 10:41 PM   #16 
  - It is pretty strange. n/t  chill_wind   May-22-10 12:32 PM   #26 
  - Obama needs to order BP to get out of there.n/t  Cleita   May-21-10 10:42 PM   #17 
  - ok, that's good but there should have never been a reason to do this a month later  Lerkfish   May-22-10 08:04 AM   #22 
  - Shouldn't that be Hourly, must be a typo  bahrbearian   May-22-10 08:36 AM   #23 
  - After a whole month? Daily updates on devastation of this immense scale  chill_wind   May-22-10 10:18 AM   #25 
  - Daily updates to their website...this is for the PUBLIC  Dream Girl   May-22-10 12:50 PM   #27 
  - Too little, too late. How sadly inadequate.  frustrated_lefty   May-22-10 01:20 PM   #28 
  - How about a six figure daily federal fine  rainbow4321   May-22-10 02:55 PM   #29 
  - Don't forget the bipartisan commission he's forming!  Smashcut   May-22-10 08:42 PM   #32 
 

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