>> two points, senator murkowski, if i may. with respect to the moratorium, i believe it was the correct decision. i believe it's the correct decision today and with all due respect, the honorable court, we disagree with. so we are taking that decision on appeal. at the same time, it is important that this moratorium stay in place until we can assure that deepwater drilling can be done in a safe way. we're not there today, so we'll move forward with the executive authority which i have to make sure tha the moratorium does in fact stay in place. but when do you lift the moratorium, well, the president said and what i have said is we pressed the pause button. so as we moveorward and we learn from this disaster in the gulf, there may be adjustments that can be made. >> prior to -- >> i will -- >> prior to the exration of the moratoria? >> we will have more information on that in the coming week and we will beure to she it with you and wth your staff, senator murkowski. >> let me ask you then, mr. secretary, because i think you und

>> thank you, senator murkowski and mr.an, thank you for the courtesies of sitting here today with the secretary. to your first question, senator murkowski, with respect to the blowout prevter and the testing it's important to remember this safety report doesn't presuppose any investigation or the outcome of any investigation that's currently ongoing. it instead attempts to identify safety measures that can be taken immediately and improve the safety margin with respect to offshore drilling, the blowout preventer on the deepwater horizon was, in fact, tested but i think what we've learned is those tests, as you suggest, didn't reveal perhaps modifications to the blowout preventer equipment or incompassable between the rov t stabs and ro interface panel on the blow-out stack so we want to make sure that the -- that all brps, all subc.o.p.s are respected and any repair or modification that has been made to a b.o.p. stack is properly reported and understood so in the event of an emergency an intervention can occur. with respec

. >> senator murkowski? >> mr. airman, secretary salazar, you mentioned the decisi as it related to the cha chacii and beaufort. i don't know if you reviewed the white paper presented by the u.s. arctic research commission. they essentially are advocating for additional research in subarctic conditions. it's something that this commission has been focused on for some time, spent a fair amount of stu on and it is a time draft but i want to make sure y've had an opportunity to review that so we'll make sure you get a copy if yound your staff haven't. i wanted to ask you about the study or the review that was conducted, this 30-day review prior to the new deepwater ban, there was an immediate inspectionered by you to review all the deepwater ocs falities. can you give any me detail in tes of the results of those inspections and did you unearth anything that wascularly revealing in terms of possibly a culture of unsafe activities? i know it was a very quick review and you're now going into the longer term review but wa

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the rakowski debate -- rakowski -- murkowski said he believes this is a problem that we ought to be doing something about. that gets overlooked. that is a huge change over recent years. almost every member of the senate on both sides of the aisle says the science is real, this is a problem, we need to figure out a way to move forward. we need to actually get something moving forward. it is hard to do that without a vehicle that something -- that is something for people to vote on. it is easy to overlook the degree to which things have changed since i was in the house four years ago. it was much more a subject of debate in the political arena, not the scientific arena, about the fundamentals. that is not where we are any more. that is progress. it is not tangible yet, because we do not actually have a system in place -- the house did pass a bill. we need the senate to take a vote. >> do you want to weigh in at all on cap and trade or implementation of any sort of -- >> i am rather skeptical and dubious that comprehensive legislation will emerge between now and the august recess. i think th

that is up in alaska, murkowski is a republican there.he former governor palin endorsed little-known -- "competition makes everybody worker, be more efficient, debate clear, and produce more. the the media has tried to trace some sort of feud or bad blood between lisa and myself, such as the case. it is my firm belief we need a bold reformer. chris, democrats line in new haven connecticut. what do you think? caller: i definitely believe in electing newd an candidates. i am 59 years old. my entire life i have voted in every election except for what i was disqualified for. but i have never been able to vote in a primary because, until now, i have never been registered with the political party that had a primary. i was briefly in the greens, and we did not have the primary. in honor of senator kennedy, i joined the democrats to push for health care change. and we do have a primary in connecticut, at least for our governor's race, which is something that you are not paying much attention to, but i am proud to be able to cast a vote in that el