GULF SPILL UPDATE: WH Admits Missed Oil Containment Deadline Missed.

Related: Volunteers Beached In Gulf By Feds? “Over 20,000 people have offered assistance in on-shore cleanup efforts in the region, but only a sixth of those have been put to work. . . . The cleanup effort has run aground, and it’s a failure of leadership. Small wonder House Democrats blocked its members from traveling to the Gulf to see the situation for themselves and the White House is blocking media access.”