12/1/2010
www.washingtonpost.com
By Juliet Eilperin
    
     “Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Wednesday afternoon (12/1/2010) that the Obama administration will not allow offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as part of the next five-year drilling plan, reversing two key policy changes President Obama announced in late March.”
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