Barack Obama: “Every decision we make is based on a single criterion: What's going to…”

On the recordMay 27, 2010

Every decision we make is based on a single criterion: What's going to best protect and make whole the people and the ecosystems of the Gulf?

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Remarks Following a Briefing on the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and an Exchange With Reporters in Grand Isle

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