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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday promised that no new offshore oil drilling leases will be issued unless rigs have new safeguards to prevent a repeat of the blast that unleashed the massive spill threatening the Gulf Coast.
No new leases are scheduled for the coming months. Obama also ordered Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to report within 30 days on what new technologies are needed to tighten safeguards against oil spills from deep-water drilling rigs.
