Obama Family In Chicago, Barack Speaks On BP Oil Spill
Barack Obama is multitasking this Memorial Day weekend trying to spend time with his family in Chicago and dealing with this damn oil spill fiasco.
Details and photos on the flipside…
President Barack Obama said Saturday that the failure of BP’s latest effort to stop the damaging flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico is “as enraging as it is heartbreaking.”
Obama commented after BP officials reached the disappointing conclusion that a dayslong effort to stop the flow of oil, known as a “top kill,” by packing the well with mud had failed.
It was the latest in a series of failed attempts by BP to cut off the flow of oil.
BP will now try anew by cutting the pipe that lies deep underwater and fitting a containment valve over the leak, an effort expected to take four to seven days.
The disappointing news came a day after Obama interrupted a long holiday weekend at his home in Chicago to visit the Louisiana coast on Friday and show its angry residents that he is in command of the situation.
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