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When State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley refused to tell reporters which countries have supplied
help to assist respond for the BP oil spill, the State Division press
corps was flabbergasted.
"As a policy matter,
Microsoft Office Professional 2007, we're not going to identify those offers
of help until we are able to see, you know, what we need, assess the
ongoing situation. And as we accept those offers of guidance, we will inform
you,
Windows 7 Pro," Crowley said.
Reporters pointed out that the Bush
administration identified assistance offers after the Katrina disaster, so what
is this, a new policy? They pressed Crowley, but he refused to budge.
Then they mentioned Iran's offer of help,
through its
National Iranian Drilling Company. Crowley said there was no Iranian offer of
help,
Office 2007, at least in any official capacity. The reporters kept on it, asking
why it was taking so long to figure out what was needed in the first place?
That's the Coast Guard's decision, Crowley explained.
Late Wednesday evening, the State Division emailed
reporters identifying the 13 entities that had provided the U.S. oil spill
aid. They were the governments of Canada, Croatia, France, Germany,
Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania,
Microsoft Office 2007, Republic of Korea, Spain,
Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United Nations.
"These offers include experts in various aspects of
oil spill impacts, research and technical expertise, booms, chemical oil
dispersants, oil pumps,
Windows 7 Key, skimmers, and wildlife treatment," the email read.
"While there is no need right now that the U.S.
cannot meet, the U.S. Coast Guard is assessing these offers of assistance to
see if there will be something which we will need in the near future."
The Obama administration has been relentless
in its messaging that it is doing everything possible to
aggressively respond to your oil spill. But for the record, the current message
to foreign governments is: Thanks but no thanks, we've got it covered.
A State Division official, speaking on background, said that the decision not to initially release the names of offering nations came directly from the State Division leadership.