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Administration's response was too slow. >> is this a situation of playing catchup? >> not at all. we had dod resources there from day one. this was a situation that was treated as a possible catastrophic failure from day one. >> you're doing a heck of a job. >> reporter: some conservatives are making comparisons of another disaster. >> that damn oil slick, obama's katrina. >> some are saying this could be obama's katrina. >> i think that is a total mischaracterization. >> reporter: one comparison that is being considered is the "exxon valdez" disaster. they warning it could be bigger because i...

Our partner, b.p. and -- maybe partner was -- let me back up. they are not our partner. in terms of -- bad choice of words. >> around talk show interviews, homeland security secretary, janet napolitano was pressed on whether the coast guard had relied too heavily on b.p. >> who is in charge of this? >> well, i think the commandant stated it very accurately. b.p. is the sfon party. >> whether the administration's response was too slow? >> is this a situation of playing catchup? >> no, not at all. we had d.o.d. resources there from day one. this was a situation that was treated as a possible cat...

So at the end of the day, this is the beginning of a campaign for what's going to be massive restoration of the gulf coast. >> in terms of environmental impact, bigger in scale than the results of the exxon valdez still? >> it is unknown at this point. we're in a dynamic situation, everything is being tried to stop the source, and that's where the global resources are focused on that particular challenge. but they're also focused on all the other aspects that the commandant was talking about. >> secretary napolitano, there are questions about when the government acted, whether it did everythin...

Are pushing bp, the company that leased the leaking well to do more and prevent a spill and cause a major national disaster. the drilling rig exploded in the gulf unleashing what the government is saying about 5,000 barrels of oil a day. a full review has been ordered. let's go to dan lothian who is working on this story. >> reporter: first of all, a lot of people are asking whether the administration has acted quickly enough but they are defending their actions saying that the morning after the accident david hayes went to the region. they also point out that the difficulty in all of this is ...

Two-year term. i don't think that anything is going to change in terms of the chairmanship until next january if it changes at all. as you know, he has some wins under his belt. and there is a real issue of whether or not this is another distraction from what the rnc is in business to do. chris, we have over 3,400 counties across this nation. they have precincts within those counties. our job or the rnc's job is to rebuild the party from the grassroots up in all 50 states. we got our clocks cleaned in the last presidential election because we were playing catchup. so the senatorial committee, ...