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>> "the washington post" reported monday, "in late may, the administration accepted mexico's offer of two skimmers and 13,779 feet of boom. a dutch offer of three set of koseq sweeping arms which attach to the sides of ships and gather oil and eight skimming systems offered by norway." thomas frank, columnist at "the wall street journal" and author of "the wrecking crew: how conservatives rule" joins us now. good evening to you, sir. >> and how are you today? >> help us, norway, you're our only hope. >> yeah, turn to the socialists, right? >> yeah. and this is after she just finished going o...

More than 160,000 feet of that boom. it's to try to collect the oil spill in certain areas or to keep it from going closer to shore, depending on how it is deployed. the navy has sent seven skimming systems. they pull behind what you would think of a boat and what that does is kind of skim the oil off the surface and then it's rung through sort of a ringer. think about like if you were at home and you got a dirty mop and kind of squeeze it out trying to squeeze out the oil separating that oil and the water. >> wolf, what are the plans for the national guard to get involved? >> the navy has sen...