Salazar owns up to decision for deepwater drilling ban

US Sec. of the Interior Ken Salazar told a Senate committee that while he consulted extensively with scientific experts, the decision to recommend a 6-month deepwater drilling moratorium in a May 27 report to President Barack Obama was his own, and that he would be responsible for its consequences.

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