Deepwater BP Oil Spill May 27, 2010

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US President Barack Obama speaks at a press conference regarding an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - at the time, the world's largest - and answers questions from the press in order to shed more light to the current situation and the actions being taken.

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Good afternoon, everybody. Before I take your questions, I want to update the American people on the status of the BP oil spill - a catastrophe that is causing tremendous hardship in the Gulf Coast, damaging a precious ecosystem, and one that led to the death of 11 workers who lost their lives in the initial explosion.

Yesterday, the federal government gave BP approval to move forward with a procedure known as a

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