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Associated Press

FILE - In this aerial file photo taken Wednesday, April 21, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, an oil slick is seen as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns. The oil rig, which erupted in flames March 20, 2010, and is at the center of a massive spill off the Louisiana coast, has a history of minor incidents attributed to equipment failure, human error and bad weather during its nine-year operating history, according to official records.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, file) (AP)

Palin calls for more drilling as 2nd rig overturns

Debris and oil from the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform float in the Gulf of Mexico after the rig sank, off Louisiana in this April 22, 2010 handout photo. The oil drilling rig that had burned for 36 hours in the Gulf of Mexico sank Thursday as hopes dimmed for 11 missing workers and the risk of a major oil spill loomed, officials said. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENERGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS (Â© Ho New / Reuters)

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State Police monitor the entrance to the Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine where rescue and recovery efforts have been delayed again following Monday's explosion in Montcoal, W.Va., Friday, April 9, 2010. Twenty five miners are known to be dead and four remain missing from the explosion. (AP Photo/Bob Bird) (Bob Bird)

Mine disaster aftermath: Regulation isn't enough

In this Wednesday April 21, 2010 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon burns 52-miles southeast of Venice, La. Helicopters, ships and an airplane searched waters off Louisiana's coast Wednesday for missing workers after an explosion and fire that left an offshore drilling platform tilting in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Lloyd) (AP)

Oil rig explosion leaves at least 11 missing

Kelly P. Kissel

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Why we can't make Iran do what we want

Michael Winship

Tom Breen, Dena Potter

Emergency vehicles leave the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Monday, April 5, 2010 in Montcoal, W.Va. after an explosion at the underground coal mine. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) (AP)

Lawrence Messina

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FILE - In a in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy Hails, of Montgomery, Ala., checks the fishing lines on his boat as he trolls the Gulf of Mexico near a natural gas well off the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores, Ala. President Obama announced his new offshore drilling policy Wednesday, March 31, 2010. President Obama is allowing oil drilling off Virginia's shorelines and considering it for a large chunk of the Atlantic seaboard. At the same time, he's rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) (AP)

FILE - In this April 29, 2009, file photo, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks during a television interview at the White House. No-drama Obama was bound to get fireworks for choosing the expletive-spewing, hotheaded, never-at-rest Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff. The only question was when _ and how big. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) (AP)

Offshore drilling: Did Rahm sell out too soon?

Obama reverses drilling ban off Virginia coast

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John Christoffersen, Pat Eaton-robb

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Associated Press

Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff

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