Oklahoma Oil Man Boone Pickens Discusses Gulf Coast Oil Spill

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- After a visit to Louisiana President Obama says he will triple the manpower in places where oil is already washing up.

Meanwhile, all indications are the top kill procedure is going according to plan. BP is shooting mud into the gushing well at the bottom of the Gulf, but it will be at least Sunday before they know whether it's working. It's a plan oilman T. Boone Pickens says he doesn't have faith in.

Pickens is also defending off-shore drilling saying in spite of the gulf spill off-shore drilling has only had two other spills in 50 years; the Exxon Valdez and the spill at Santa Barbara.