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Barack Obama Should Nuke the BP Oil Spill

The president asked the oil companies for their advice instead of ordering them to stop the spill. Christopher Brownfield on what Obama could learn from Bush and Putin about forceful decisions.

Christopher Brownfield
Christopher Brownfield
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President Barack Obama picks up balls of tar while touring the beach on May 28, 2010 in Port Fourchon, Louisiana. (Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images)
Christopher Brownfield

Christopher Brownfield

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