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Colin Powell: Oil spill is ‘beyond the capacity’ of BP to solve, military might have role

Pat McMahon Contributor
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested on Sunday that the United States military has a role to play in helping contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying that the problem now was “beyond the capacity” of BP to stop.

“The president has to get involved as quickly as possible,” Powell told ABC’s This Week. “If you don’t, then public opinion starts to drag you in the media, and pushes you. And so when something like this clearly is going to get beyond the capacity of whoever caused it, get beyond the capacity of local authorities, I think the federal government has to move in quickly and move in with, to use my favorite expression, decisive force and demonstrate that it’s doing everything that it can do.”

Full story: Colin Powell: Oil Spill Is ‘Beyond The Capacity’ Of BP To Solve, Military Might Have Role