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Beleaguered BP boss ‘plans to meet Russian president’
BP chief executive Tony Hayward is planning to meet Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to calm fears over the British oil giant’s future after the Gulf of Mexico spill, it was reported today.
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President focuses federal role in Oval Office speech
President Obama vowed Tuesday that economic victims of the Gulf oil spill will be reimbursed and a plan created “to restore the unique beauty and bounty of this region.”
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Barack Obama says he will make BP pay for damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Amid anger over his initial response to the crisis, the President called the disaster an “assault on America” during his first Oval Office address. Almost two months after an oil rig explosion, millions of litres of oil are still pouring into the ocean. In his speech, Obama, said the disaster should mark the beginning of the end for America’s addiction to fossil fuels. But as RT’s Lauren Lister reports, the nation may not be ready for that just yet.
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Read the full text of President Barack Obama’s speech on the BP oil spill
Good evening. As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges. At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American. Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al Qaeda wherever it exists.
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Text of President Barack Obama’s speech
A text of President Obama’s prepared remarks Tuesday on the Gulf Coast oil spill, as released by the White House:
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President Obama talks of gulf coast recovery, new energy sources
WASHINGTON — Calling the widening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico “the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” President Barack Obama pledged Tuesday in his first Oval Office address that the oil would be cleaned up and the gulf’s ecology restored, and that oil company BP would fully compensate the spill’s victims.
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President Barack Obama’s address on the oil spill
Good evening.  As we speak, our nation faces a multitude of challenges.  At home, our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American.  Abroad, our brave men and women…
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Ed. Note: For more information on Federal response resources, volunteer opportunities, and assistance for those in affected areas visit WhiteHouse.gov/Deepwater-BP-Oil-Spill.

This evening at 8 p.m. EDT, President Obama will address the Nation about the disaster in the Gulf and the road ahead. This comes after the end of a two-day trip through Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, all states affected by the oil spill.

Across the country, many have questions about how this disaster happened — and what’s being done to make things right. To better understand what people want to know, we are offering a way for anyone to vote on questions about the oil spill or submit their own. After the President finishes, Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary, will answer some of the most popular questions.

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You can get started right now by heading over to YouTube.com/WhiteHouse.

And at 8pm, the President’s address and the follow-up Q&A with Robert Gibbs will be streamed live there and at WhiteHouse.gov/live.

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