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Obama Says Gulf Beaches ‘Clean.’ Really?
Posted on May 27, 2010
In his May 27 press conference on the oil spill, President Barack Obama declared Gulf Coast beaches safe and encouraged Americans to visit them. “Except for three beaches in Louisiana, all of the Gulf’s beaches are open, they are safe and they are clean,” he said. But it depends on …
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