Obama Will Establish Commission to Investigate Oil Leak

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President Obama will establish a commission to investigate the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, CBS News has confirmed.

It is not yet clear when the commission will be created.

According to the Associated Press, Mr. Obama will use an executive order to establish the commission. It will mirror panels created to investigate previous disasters like the shuttle Challenger and the Three Mile Island nuclear accident.

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[stn_sage]

Yes...yes...yes! And, I'm sure it will be designed just like the Warren and 911 Commissions and accomplish just as much, too!!

[PhilipTortora]

It can start to be legitimately argued that Obama, Napolitano and other government officials have dragged their feet in dealing with this situation and haven't taken enough of an authoritative role.

As this environmental disaster of epic proportions drags on ? with the dire consequences yet to be fully determined and realized ? the U.S. government needs to take a more urgent and heavy-handed approach to the clean up. And not publicly designate a company already being accused by many as grossly negligent and incompetent as the primary organization responsible for saving the environment.

Sure, some of this is posturing and our government is letting BP know it has a lot of liability in the matter.

But this oil spill has already spun way too far out of control, and it?s starting to seem like nobody knows what to do or how to stop it.

http://philiptortora.blogspot.com/2010/05/shouldnt-us-government-have-more.html