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When State Division spokesman P.J. Crowley refused to inform reporters which countries have provided
guidance to help respond to the BP oil spill, the State Division press
corps was flabbergasted.
"As a policy matter, we're not going to identify those offers
of guidance until we are able to see, you know, what we need, assess the
ongoing situation. And as we accept those offers of help, we will inform
you," Crowley said.
Reporters pointed out that the Bush
administration identified guidance offers after the Katrina disaster,
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is this,
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Then they mentioned Iran's offer of guidance,
through its
National Iranian Drilling Company. Crowley said there was no Iranian offer of
guidance, 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 Department emailed
reporters identifying the 13 entities that had provided the U.S. oil spill
help. They were the governments of Canada, Croatia,
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Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, 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, skimmers,
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"While there is no need right now that the U.S.
cannot meet,
Microsoft Office 2010 Key, the U.S. Coast Guard is assessing these offers of aid 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 react for the oil spill. But for the record, the current message
to foreign governments is: Thanks but no thanks, we've got it covered.
A State Department official, speaking on background, said that the decision not to initially release the names of offering nations came directly from the State Division leadership.