Obama wants BP to foot the bill - The Hindu

This image from a video provided by BP PLC early Saturday shows the oil leak still pouring out of the well head around the capping device in the Gulf of Mexico. Since it was installed, the capping device has collected about 76,000 gallons, BP said in a tweet on Friday.

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U.S. President Barack Obama this weekend reiterated his determination to get BP to pay for the damage caused by the oil spill from their Deepwater Horizon offshore rig, including a preliminary bill of $69 million for the costs of the response thus far. After speaking at Grand Isle, Louisiana, to local residents and small business owners about the hardships that they were facing, he underscored his commitment to helping them recover and rebuild. He added that his government had also convened hundreds of top scientists and engineers from around the world, that more than 1,900 vessels were in the Gulf assisting in the clean up, and more than 4.3 million feet of boom had been deployed with another 2.9 million feet of boom available.

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