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US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill

NEW ORLEANS – The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the State Department said Tuesday.

The State Department said in a news release that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that's been accepted.

More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The U.S. hasn't made a final decision on most of the offers.

The United States rarely faces a disaster of such magnitude that it requires international aid, but the government did accept assistance after Hurricane Katrina.

Most of the countries and groups have offered skimmers, boom or dispersant chemicals, according to a chart on the State Department's website.

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"To be clear, the acceptance of international assistance we announced today did not mean to imply that international help was arriving only now," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. "In fact, before today, there were 24 foreign vessels operating in the region and nine countries had provided boom, skimmers and other assistance."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_international_help

obama's admin sounds really defensive.....i'm sure nigel will be along to attack this source, yet will not actually attack the substence...just the source....

.....to be clear....

imagine bush admin saying that...nigel and his flock would be screaming foul, but since this is under a dem president...watch nigel make any excuse possible
 
Yurt said:
US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill

NEW ORLEANS – The United States is accepting help from 12 countries and international organizations in dealing with the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the State Department said Tuesday.

The State Department said in a news release that the U.S. is working out the particulars of the help that's been accepted.

More than 30 countries and international organizations have offered to help with the spill. The U.S. hasn't made a final decision on most of the offers.

The United States rarely faces a disaster of such magnitude that it requires international aid, but the government did accept assistance after Hurricane Katrina.

Most of the countries and groups have offered skimmers, boom or dispersant chemicals, according to a chart on the State Department's website.

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"To be clear, the acceptance of international assistance we announced today did not mean to imply that international help was arriving only now," said State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. "In fact, before today, there were 24 foreign vessels operating in the region and nine countries had provided boom, skimmers and other assistance."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_on_re_us/us_gulf_oil_spill_international_help

obama's admin sounds really defensive.....i'm sure nigel will be along to attack this source, yet will not actually attack the substence...just the source....

.....to be clear....

imagine bush admin saying that...nigel and his flock would be screaming foul, but since this is under a dem president...watch nigel make any excuse possible
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I can't hardly remember other countries ever offering us help before.
 
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-09-07-katrina-world_x.htm

The Bush administration has accepted nearly $1 billion in foreign aid, but the same bottlenecks and confusion that have slowed delivery of U.S. help to the victims of Hurricane Katrina are frustrating some overseas donors.

Mexican sailors get a helicopter into position on the deck of the Papaloapan, carrying rescue vehicles and helicopters to aid the victims of Katrina.
By Sheva Seba, AP

Since Saturday, a Swedish transport plane carrying equipment for water purification and three cellular networks has been sitting on the tarmac at an airport in western Sweden awaiting U.S. flight clearance, Claes Thorson, press counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, said Wednesday.

Despite State Department assurances that foreign aid was welcome, officials in Switzerland, Poland, Austria, Norway, India and South Korea told the Associated Press they were waiting to hear when and where some donations could be sent.

Thorson said one problem appeared to be bottlenecks at New Orleans International Airport. "Our last request was suspended by the State Department until further notice," he said.

Harry Thomas, the State Department official in charge of coordinating foreign offers, said the Bush administration welcomed the aid but wanted to make sure it was matched with need.

"The worst thing we could do is to take things, have them ... sit on the ground and not be utilized, to have something rot or not get to people quickly," he said at a briefing at the State Department.
 
Damocles said:
Jones Act waivers would be unnecessary if foreign aid was not used.
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You don't know what the Jones Act is all about. Maybe you should read it. It has to do with foreign trade, not foreign offers of assistance. In the case of Katrina, it was waived to allow importation of foreign goods on foreign vessels.

You are correct that foreign aid (government to government aid) was provided in the aftemath of Katrina.
 
NigelTufnel said:
You don't know what the Jones Act is all about. Maybe you should read it. It has to do with foreign trade, not foreign offers of assistance. In the case of Katrina, it was waived to allow importation of foreign goods on foreign vessels.

You are correct that foreign aid (government to government aid) was provided in the aftemath of Katrina.
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You are wrong. The Jones Act is relevant to the topic at hand. You should read it as well as the very real fact that the joint information center tells us there are still pending 6 requests for waivers of the Act and that no waivers have been issued.

Maybe you should stop listening to mediamatters and start reading some of what the administration's joint information center has to say.
 
NigelTufnel said:
That's actually not a list of government to government aid.
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It is a list of foreign nations who offered help, most was accepted, some was not. You are being deliberately obtuse in an effort to be an apologist for the disgusting response from the current administration.
 
Damocles said:
You are wrong. The Jones Act is relevant to the topic at hand. You should read it as well as the very real fact that the joint information center tells us there are still pending 6 requests for waivers of the Act and that no waivers have been issued.

Maybe you should stop listening to mediamatters and start reading some of what the administration's joint information center has to say.
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The Jones Act is about transporting goods on foreign-flagged vessels to US ports. In the case of Katrina it was waived to allow the importation of oil and petroleum products of foreign-flagged ships. It has little to do with foreign offers of assistance.

For fuck's sake, we know that there are multiple foreign ships operating right now in the Gulf yet you conceded that no waivers have issued. If the Jones Act says what you claim waivers would have had to have issued. Tell me, how can these foreign ships operate without the requisite Jones Act waivers?
 
Damocles said:
It is a list of foreign nations who offered help, most was accepted, some was not. You are being deliberately obtuse in an effort to be an apologist for the disgusting response from the current administration.
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No, I'm being accurate and you're being you.
 
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