(CNN) – President Barack Obama used his first Oval Office address to the nation Tuesday to say 90 percent of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico will be captured within weeks, and to call for a new clean energy policy to end U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
Before last night's address, a poll showed more than two-thirds of the country thought President Obama needed to get tougher on BP. How did he fare? Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley and Newsweek contributing editor Julia Reed joined us on Wednesday's American Morning to weigh in on the speech.
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