President Barack Obama's chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has added to the criticism of BP chief executive Tony Hayward's decision to attend a yacht race this weekend while the oil crisis in the Gulf goes on. But if, as Mr. Emanuel says, Mr. Hayward has committed yet another in a "long line of PR gaffes" by attending that race, can't the same be true of President Obama's recent golf outings, parties and attendance of a Washington Nationals baseball game as the oil continues to flow?

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According to the Obama administration, formulating a long-term Gulf Coast restoration plan can be done in someone's spare time. And all the duties of the Secretary of the Navy can be accomplished in less time than it takes the average person to do their full-time job. That's the message coming from the White House in response to complaints that current Navy Secretary and former Mississippi Governor Ray Mabus will keep his current position even after President Barack Obama chose him to develop that restoration plan.

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