** Heads Up: Thad Allen to Join Gibbs at the Daily Briefing, 3pm EDT **

[Clio the Leo]

Watch:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

OIL SPILL 101 for the White House press corps, as incident commander Thad Allen joins Robert Gibbs for today’s briefing to walk reporters through what has been done, and why the federal government can’t just “take over.” Look for Allen to do some ed. boards and meet with pundits: The White House is frustrated at comments by talking heads suggesting the administration has stumbled.

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

In Response to.....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x309616


also

Obama administration officials tell POLITICO’s “Morning Energy” they plan to get much tougher with BP this week. An EPA official: “EPA was not satisfied with the response it received from BP and has demanded several meetings with the company since then, including one where their scientists were instructed to brief EPA and other scientists from the federal government about some of what was included in their letter. It appears BP may be more interested in defending their initial decisions regarding dispersant use than in doing an honest assessment about the options available at this point.

“Administrator Jackson decided, in part based on what she viewed as an insufficient BP response, to hold a Sunday evening meeting in the Gulf region with BP officials, as well as Admiral Landry, to make a determination on appropriate next steps. Those steps could include new direction to BP to provide additional analysis about the current dispersant being used or more information about BP's initial analysis regarding other possible alternatives.”

http://www.politico.com/morningenergy/

[Cha]

1. Thanks, Clio~