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US-OIL-POLLUTION
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet speaks to the media along side US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (R front) and members of a congressional delegation on May 24, 2010 in Galliano, Louisiana. US officials piled pressure on BP Monday ahead of a make-or-break operation to plug the Gulf of Mexico oil leak, as fragile shorelines and rare birds became smothered in more thick crude. Secretary Napolitano and pointed out that this was the largest response to an oil spill in US history with 1,000 vessels and 22,000 people deployed. "We continue to hold BP responsible, but we are on them, watching them. It's not until this well is sealed and the ocean in this area is cleaned up and the claims are paid that this incident will be deemed over," she said. Congress members are Senator Mary Landrieu (behind)D-LA, Senator David Vitter(C) R-LA, Louisiana Gov.Bobby Jindal (2rd R)Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Rep. Joseph Cao (far R) R-LA. AFP PHOTO/STEPHANE JOURAIN
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Galliano, Louisiana, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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stephane jourdain |
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24 Mai 2010 |
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