President Obama speech: Addicted to Oil

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June 16, 2010

From Russia Today's YouTube Channel

Barack Obama says he will make BP pay for damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Amid anger over his initial response to the crisis, the President called the disaster an "assault on America" during his first Oval Office address. Almost two months after an oil rig explosion, millions of litres of oil are still pouring into the ocean. In his speech, Obama, said the disaster should mark the beginning of the end for America's addiction to fossil fuels. But as RT's Lauren Lister reports, the nation may not be ready for that just yet.