RAY HENRY
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS – A device that’s now sucking up significant amounts of the oil spewing from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico offered a measure of optimism Sunday even as the government’s point man on the spill warned problems would persist for months.
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that the spill, which is ravaging beaches and wildlife, will not be contained until the leak is fully plugged and that even afterward “there will be oil out there for months to come.”
The disaster, which began with an oil rig explosion in mid-April, will persist “well into the fall,” Allen said.