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Barack Obama: “We are confronting the largest environmental disaster in our history with the largest environmental response and…”

On the recordJune 13, 2010
We are confronting the largest environmental disaster in our history with the largest environmental response and recovery effort in our history.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois
Source
presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Remarks Following a Tour of Theodore Industrial Port and an Exchange With Reporters in Theodore

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