SEAN HANNITY, HOST: Questions continue to mount about the administration's sluggish response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now in response, some of its highest ranking members are insisting they are absolutely on top of things and have been from day one.
Take a look.
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JANET NAPOLITANO, SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY: We had DOD resources there from day one.
NAPOLITANO: From day one they were already pre-deploying vessels and boom.
NAPOLITANO: The Navy has been onsite from day one.
NAPOLITANO: From day one we were prepositioning more than 70 vessels.
NAPOLITANO: They actually have been there from day one.
NAPOLITANO: From day one.
NAPOLITANO: From day one.
NAPOLITANO: From day one.
KEN SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR: From day one.
SALAZAR: From day one we've been preparing for the worst case scenario.
SALAZAR: They've been working really from day one to try to figure out a way of stopping it.
SALAZAR: The president has directed from day one that we spare nothing at all in terms of the effort to prevent damage onshore.
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HANNITY: Alright, now even at this point The New York Times is calling attention to the administration's inadequate response, quote, "The federal government had opportunities to move more quickly but did not do so while it waited for a resolution to the spreading spill from BP."
Now that only that but the former manager of oil spill cleanup at the government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association revealed that the government actually has a plan to deal with oil spills that was not activated even though it was preapproved for immediate use.
Quote, "They had preapproval. The whole reason the plan was created was so that we could pull the trigger right away instead of waiting 10 days to get permission."
And if that wasn't enough, the White House is now saying that this spill may jeopardize plans it had announced earlier this year for offshore drilling.
I knew it wouldn't take long for them to politicize the issue.
And joining me now with reaction is the author of the book — brand-new book, it's called "Power Grab," Chris Horner. And Eco Entrepreneur, clean tech investor, Howard Gould is with us.
Guys, welcome aboard.
You know, back to this guy from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, because his comments are even more devastating than that. He said they probably didn't have the materials on hand to conduct the burn because the plan was — which they had preapproved — that they could burn this oil off so it wouldn't get onshore.
That they didn't implement it. And they didn't have the materials there. And he says it's unconscionable. Is he right? - FOX News Story
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