By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama gave the leaders of an independent commission investigating the Gulf oil spill marching orders Tuesday to thoroughly examine the disaster and its causes to ensure that the nation never faces such a catastrophe again. He said if any laws were broken, people will be prosecuted.
Obama spoke in the Rose Garden on Tuesday after meeting with the co-chairmen of the commission, Bob Graham, a former Florida governor and U.S. senator, and William K. Reilly, a former head of the Environmental Protection Agency,
"They have my full support to follow the facts wherever they lead, without fear or favor," Obama said.
The president said that if laws are insufficient, they'll be changed. He said that if government oversight wasn't tough enough, that will change, too. And Obama said if laws were broken, those responsible will be brought to justice.
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