Barack Obama actually said...

he simply could not go forward with new deepwater drilling until we have the proper safety measures in place to ensure that a tragedy like this never happens again.

Context

Readout of the President's Meeting With the Family Members of the Victims of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster

06/09/2010

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