GOP Plans for Coastal Virginia

Here is Bob McDonnell's vision for Virginia's Coast.

Environmental groups say the oil leak spilling into the Timor Sea should be declared a national emergency, with one expert likening it to a ''disaster movie''.

The situation has worsened in the last 24 hours with a fire breaking out on the deck of the West Atlas rig and Montara well head platform, when the company responsible for its operation began to plug the rig’s leak below the sea bed with mud.

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