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When State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley refused to inform reporters which nations have presented
support to assist respond towards the BP oil spill, the State Department press
corps was flabbergasted.
"As a policy matter, we're not going to identify those offers
of support until we are able to see, you know, what we need, assess the
ongoing situation. And as we accept those offers of assistance, we will inform
you," Crowley said.
Reporters pointed out that the Bush
administration identified support 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
assistance, 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,
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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, France, Germany,
Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Republic of Korea, Spain,
Sweden,
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"These offers include experts in various aspects of
oil spill impacts,
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"While there is no need right now that the U.S.
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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 towards 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 Division official, speaking on background, said that the decision not to initially release the names of offering nations came directly from the State Department leadership.