A starfish washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, off the Southeastern coast of Lousiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands are at risk from a growing oil spill and leak in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- A starfish washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, off the Southeastern coast of Lousiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands are at risk from a growing oil spill and leak in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- A Sandpiper is seen on the shore of the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, off the Southeastern coast of Lousiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands are at risk of a growing oil spill and leak in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- A star fish washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands, home of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge, off the coast of southeastern Lousiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands are at risk from a growing oil spill and leak in the Gulf of Mexico caused by the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- This April 28, 2010 photo released by Greenpeace, shows an aerial view of the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread. The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. (AP Photo/Greenpeace)
- An oil rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands and the gulf seafood industry are at risk from a growing oil spill and leak that resulted from the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- This satellite photo taken April 26, 2010 and provided by DigitalGlobe, shows cleanup vessels working in the area of an oil slick created after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe)
- This satellite photo taken April 26, 2010 and provided by DigitalGlobe, shows cleanup vessels working in the area of an oil slick created after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe)
- In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana's tip, oil and clean up activity is seen near the site last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- In this aerial photo taken in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana's tip, oil is seen near the site last week's collapse and spill of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- A shrimp boat and oil rigs are seen in the Gulf of Mexico near the Chandeleur Islands, off the Southeastern tip of Louisiana Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The barrier islands and the gulf seafood industry are at risk from a growing oil spill and leak that resulted from the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig last week. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
- This April 28, 2010 photo released by Greenpeace, shows an aerial view of the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana, where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread. The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. (AP Photo/Greenpeace)
- This satellite photo taken April 26, 2010 and provided by DigitalGlobe, shows cleanup vessels working in the area of an oil slick created after the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is even worse than believed and as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it, officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile U.S. coastline. (AP Photo/ DigitalGlobe)
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