party did run someone named bush for president in 1980, 1984, 1988, 2000, and 2004. why stop now? next up, sorry, rob. he put in a workman s comp claim for that. how many witnesses? next up, true or false? retired republican u.s. senator alan simpson managed to make his now infamous 310 million words that rhymes with bits comment. true or false? true. as you may recall, the former senior senator sent the older director of the women s league. the executive director noticed a part of the let ser where he criticized social security by saying we reached a point where it s like a milk cow with 360
in september, president obama created a task force to examine environmental issues related to the oil industry. he gave it 180 days to recommend ways to protect our nation s waterways. cnn obtained a letter from bp to the task force outlining concerns over the new national policy, and let s bring in abbie boudreau who is working the story for us. what did you learn, abbey? well, wolf, the bp let ser in response to the report issued by the government task force. it is a broad obvious view and insight over how bp viewed government controls and regulations of the oil industry. the four-page letter was written in september of 2009 and the company made it clear that existing regulations were working just fine, and they didn t need additional oversight. in fact, they say that the mineral management services which has been criticized by thet president has been efficient system. the letter goes on the say, we agree it is more time and cost