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Originally Posted by Mattyk

The White House also is pushing back against criticism that the federal government hasn’t done enough responding to the spill. An administration official emails First Read that 1) Interior Secretary Salazar deployed his deputy to the Gulf the morning after the rig explosion; 2) the administration began immediately holding regular calls with BP officials; 3) President Obama began monitoring the situation and contacting governors whose states will be impacted; and 4) Obama dispatched DHS Secretary Napolitano, Secretary Salazar, and EPA Administrator Jackson to the Gulf to ensure that all is being done to respond to the spill. The administration official also says that 1,178 personnel have been deployed to protect the shoreline and wildlife; that 76 response vessels have been responding on site; and that 174,060 feet of boom/barrier have been deployed to contain the spill. And here’s one thing for all of us to remember: The initial focus, post-explosion, was the loss of human life, not the spill.

First thoughts: Crist makes his move - First Read - msnbc.com

He just dispatched the national guard yesterday and if I'm correct BP did most of the other stuff.