"Let Them Eat Cake" -- Spokesman

No date set for deep water drilling permits for the Gulf of Mexico, according to administration spokesman.

U.S. crude oil futures posted their highest weekly settlement in almost 2-1/2 years on Friday on supply disruptions due to the revolt in Libya.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told reporters the situation in Libya was "not changing at all what we do" and the government felt no pressure to hurry its permitting process.

Let them eat cake.