were identified. the most recent coming just last wednesday evening. as admiral allen and secretaries napolitano have made clear, we've made preparations from day one to stage equipment for a worst-case scenario. we immediately set up command center operations here in the gulf and coordinated with all state and local governments. and the third breach was discovered on wednesday. we already had by that time in position more than 70 vessels and hundreds of thousands of feet of boom. and i dispatched the secretaries of the interior and homeland security, the administrator of the epa, lisa jackson, who is here, my assistant for energy and climate change policy, and the administrator of nooa to the gulf coast to ensure that we are doing whatever is required to respond to this event. so i want to emphasize, from day one, we have prepared and