Obama: ‘BP Is Responsible For This Leak’ Visiting the Gulf Coast yesterday, President Obama said of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: “So let me be clear. BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill.” Obama also defended the government’s response, saying that they had “coordinated an all hands on deck relentless response to this crisis from day one,” and would “spare no effort” in the future.
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