"You Don't Ground All Of The Airplanes Because There Was One Problem," Says Former Interior Secretary

When asked about the temporary moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, Gale Norton, former Secretary of the Interior under President George W. Bush, voiced her opinion against the policy and stressed the importance of not sending the current rigs overseas where they may never come back in order to resolve the issue. (0:42)

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Feds Should Not Abandon Oil Regulatory System, Says Former Interior Secretary

“For half a century the Gulf of Mexico has produced a third of our nation’s oil with an impressive safety record,” said former Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton to members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Tuesday. Norton served as Department of the Interior Secretary under President George W. Bush. (0:20)

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