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[Kent Brockman]

New estimates from US officials suggest the oil spillage in the Gulf of Mexico is five times worse than previously thought.

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The US military joins efforts to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico amid mounting fears of an environmental disaster.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Navy sent equipment to help with cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the Pentagon said Thursday it stands ready to expand its response to the disaster....

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama pledged an all-out response Thursday to the massive oil spill now expected to reach the Gulf Coast within a day and dispatched top officials to the region to help coordinate defenses against the potential environmental disaster....

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[Kent Brockman]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says his administration will use "every single available resource at our disposal" to respond to the massive oil spill expected to reach the Gulf coastline within a day....

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama administration officials say the Gulf Coast oil rig spill will be considered in the expansion of offshore drilling and will become part of the debate on climate change in Congress....

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[Kent Brockman]

The US oil spill is designated as an "incident of national significance", as officials warn it will hit the coast within a day.

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[Kent Brockman]

President Obama says "every available resource" of government will be deployed to help contain the Gulf Coast oil leak.

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The US Coast Guard investigates reports that oil has begun washing ashore on the Gulf Coast following a massive spill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Suddenly, everything changed....

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The US puts new offshore oil drilling on hold pending investigations into the cause of the Gulf of Mexico spill.

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Criticism mounts in the US of BP over its handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as bad weather hampers the clean-up.

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Bad weather hampers efforts to clean up a huge oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, amid reports that it is growing rapidly.

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The White House pledged on Sunday to do everything "humanly possible" to address the Gulf Coast oil spill as President Barack Obama got a firsthand assessment of the environmental disaster....

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[Kent Brockman]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is defending the federal response to the Gulf Coast oil spill....

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- BP's chairman is rejecting criticism that his company's safety record played a role in the drilling rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico....

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[Kent Brockman]

President Barack Obama says the Gulf oil slick is a "potentially unprecedented" environmental disaster, and BP must pay.

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Oil giant BP says it is "absolutely responsible" for cleaning up the massive oil spill off the US Gulf of Mexico coast.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The explosion of an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has raised enough concern among congressional Democrats to jeopardize the prospects for passage of an energy and climate change overhaul....

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A giant iron funnel which it is hoped will halt the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is to be deployed on Thursday, BP says.

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