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• John Fugelsang joins us from the NYC Bureau at 9:05am ET / 6:05am PT for all three hours of “Fridays With Fugelsang”
• Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) calls in at 9:35am ET / 6:35am PT to discuss the Consumer Auto Safety Enhancement (CASE) Act of 2010, the BP oil spill & DADT
• Christian Weller, economist with the Center for American Progress, calls in at 10:05am ET / 7:05am PT to talk about the BP Oil Spill, the economy, and jobs
• It could be late Friday or over the Memorial Day weekend before the world knows if BP’s latest effort has succeeded in stopping the surge of oil in the Gulf of Mexico that has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez disaster as the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.
• A day after saying “I take responsibility” for the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, President Barack Obama was heading to coastal Louisiana for an update on the effort to stop the damaging flow of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
• In quick succession Thursday, the Senate Armed Services Committee and the full House approved measures to repeal the 1993 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law that allows gay people to serve in the armed services only if they hide their sexual orientation.
