Friday
Apr302010
White House Gaggle With Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Friday, April 30, 2010 at 5:23PM
GDP Numbers
This quarter's numbers are good news.
Gulf Oil Spill
The President will not go in the next few days. The focus is on ensuring all resources necessary.
Gibbs gave a detailed and lengthy explanation of offshore oil planning, reviews, leasing..
There is no pending lease sale in the next 30 days that is halted because of what the President announced today.
The review will affect everything that we take into account about our offshore policy.
The BP Command Center - BP is responsible legally, overseen by all aspects of the federal government.
There is a great deal to be done. We are providing resources. Circumstances have changed day by day.
Every deep water platform in the Gulf is on a list to be inspected per what the President has ordered.
One of the things the President is interested in learning is whether the type of technology that should be required is an automatic shut off, whether that type of accident can be capped.
Katrina comparison? More than 1,800 people died in Katrina.
We were there right after the incident happened. The pictures of the fire were a response to the coastguard.
The notion we are playing catch up is badly uninformed.
The situation has changed as the process has moved forward.
Deputy Secretary Hayes flew to Louisiana the morning after the incident.
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Based on the last meeting and review, the commanders on the ground in Afghanistan felt we were making progress re rooting out Taliban and (slowly) equipping Afghan security force.
South Asia
De-escalation of that tension gives us a chance to focus on extremists like al Qaeda and the Taliban particularly in Pakistan.
Supreme Court
The President has talked to several people, some in person, one in the Oval Office.
A decision will come in the next little bit of time.
He has a good list of candidates.
Governor Crist
Gibbs is unaware of an attempt by Governor Crist to reach Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod by phone. He spoke with the President by phone yesterday about the oil spill.
START Treaty
Should be ready in the next few weeks.
Iraq
The President discusses Iraq each day with the national security team.
We always knew government formation was going to take some time.
Immigration
The President's leadership goes back to 2005 as a member of the Senate.
Senators Schumer and Graham asked him to support comprehensive immigration reform, which he did.
This will not pass, based on the support of one party alone.
What is happening in Arizona, and the real possibility of a patchwork of 50 state laws, necessitates that we take action, something the President supports, and will continue to work on.
This quarter's numbers are good news.
Gulf Oil Spill
The President will not go in the next few days. The focus is on ensuring all resources necessary.
Gibbs gave a detailed and lengthy explanation of offshore oil planning, reviews, leasing..
There is no pending lease sale in the next 30 days that is halted because of what the President announced today.
The review will affect everything that we take into account about our offshore policy.
The BP Command Center - BP is responsible legally, overseen by all aspects of the federal government.
There is a great deal to be done. We are providing resources. Circumstances have changed day by day.
Every deep water platform in the Gulf is on a list to be inspected per what the President has ordered.
One of the things the President is interested in learning is whether the type of technology that should be required is an automatic shut off, whether that type of accident can be capped.
Katrina comparison? More than 1,800 people died in Katrina.
We were there right after the incident happened. The pictures of the fire were a response to the coastguard.
The notion we are playing catch up is badly uninformed.
The situation has changed as the process has moved forward.
Deputy Secretary Hayes flew to Louisiana the morning after the incident.
Afghanistan/Pakistan
Based on the last meeting and review, the commanders on the ground in Afghanistan felt we were making progress re rooting out Taliban and (slowly) equipping Afghan security force.
South Asia
De-escalation of that tension gives us a chance to focus on extremists like al Qaeda and the Taliban particularly in Pakistan.
Supreme Court
The President has talked to several people, some in person, one in the Oval Office.
A decision will come in the next little bit of time.
He has a good list of candidates.
Governor Crist
Gibbs is unaware of an attempt by Governor Crist to reach Rahm Emanuel or David Axelrod by phone. He spoke with the President by phone yesterday about the oil spill.
START Treaty
Should be ready in the next few weeks.
Iraq
The President discusses Iraq each day with the national security team.
We always knew government formation was going to take some time.
Immigration
The President's leadership goes back to 2005 as a member of the Senate.
Senators Schumer and Graham asked him to support comprehensive immigration reform, which he did.
This will not pass, based on the support of one party alone.
What is happening in Arizona, and the real possibility of a patchwork of 50 state laws, necessitates that we take action, something the President supports, and will continue to work on.
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