Obama Defends Oil Spill Response, Cites Mistakes – Political Hotsheet – CBS News

Those who think that we were either slow on our response or lacked urgency don’t know the facts. This has been our highest priority since this crisis occurred.”

Clearly it has. The White House has been bending over backwards to shield their good friends and corporate sponsors, BP. They care a lot about keeping them safe at the expense of our environment, coastline economy and gulf coast residents. That has been very apparent since day one.