Official says no offshore drilling in Florida Gulf waters

Thursday, December 2, 2010

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Obama administration will maintain a long-standing oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida after considering loosening it before the BP spill, a senior administration official said Wednesday.

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