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Workers wear protective footwear as they comb the beach at Dauphin Island, Ala. Friday, May 14, 2010. The community was bracing for a possible land fa AP

Obama pledges permit review, end to cozy oil links

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WASHINGTON – Declaring himself as angry as the rest of the nation, President Barack Obama assailed oil drillers and his own administration Friday as he ordered extra scrutiny of drilling permits to head off any repeat of the sickening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers worked desperately to stop the leak that's belching out at least 210,000 gallons of crude a day. Full Story »

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