David Gergen actually said...

It should be unacceptable and I think it is to most Americans to let the fate of our precious coastline and the waters off our shores rest in the hands of a foreign-owned company like BP.

Context

Gergen emphasizes the need for government intervention in the oil spill crisis instead of relying on BP.

05/24/2010

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