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Have done. under the leadership of admiral allen, the coast guard along with other federal agencies and states and local governments have directed the largest response to environmental disaster in american history. the responses included more than 7,000 vessels and more than 47,000 people on the ground. i know that two cutters, the aspen and the juniper, are here in port this week after tourist skimming and recovery work. as i said before, many folks here have toiled day and night, spending weeks, even months away from their families to stop the leak, remove the oil, and protect waters and coast lines. so i want to thank all those who continue to participate in this effort. i also want to make mention and ....
Had been by their side leading the cleanup effort. my job is to make sure that we live up to this responsibility and that we keep up our efforts until the environment is clean, polluters are held accountable and businesses and communities are made whole and the people of the gulf coast are back on their feet. this hour, as well, the president s point man on the disaster has been talking about what is going on at that ruptured undersea well. our reynolds wolf is in gulf shores, alabama. what was the latest we heard fromme from admiral allen here. that thad allen s long-term plan is to continue with the relief well. that is going to be the end game strategy in this story. i can also tell you that he plans on issuing an order to bp to conduct pressure testings. the pressure inside the well and, if there are sudden increases in that pressure, what ....
I know michelle want dodd the same. so we re looking forward to having a chance to shake hands with you and thank you person will i for the great work you ve been doing day in, day out. michelle last month was down in mississippi where she met folks from the coast guard about the spill and she had the chance to christen a new cutter, the stratton. the coast guard was the first on the scene. immediately launching a search-and-rescue operation for the missing. you were the first to recognize that we were potentially looking at a massive spill even before the rig collapsed and the oil began to leak from the sea floor. and a day and a half later in a meeting with thad allen and others, instructed the coast guard, the department of homeland security, and other agencies to treat this response as their number one priority. that s exactly what all of you ....
skwhraoers a look at some of our top stories. hundreds of firefighters battling dozens of forest fires across northern portugal. police suspect arson in some of the fires. crews finding human remains at the bottom of a gold nine nevada. the county sheriff believes it is the bodies of two miners who got trapped earlier this week. bp may resume drilling the relief well in the gulf of mexico early next week. admiral allen wants more tests done before going ahead with that work. 75 years ago today president roosevelt fined social security into law. now president obama claims republicans are looking to privatize the program and say that can t be allowed to happen. ....
It nothing on the content of the letter. thatst for sharing your perspective today. thank you. we are watching developments out of the gulf where admiral thad allen could announce at any minute whether last month s static kill procedure work sod well that the relievle well will not be needed, all that next on andrea mitchell reports, stay with us. could switching to geico really save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance? does a former drill sergeant make a terrible therapist? patient: and that s why yellow makes me sad. i think. sarge: that s interesting. you know what makes me sad? you do! maybe we should chug on over to mambie pambie land where maybe we can find some self-confidence for you. ....