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Obama Meets with BP Executives

As promised in last night’s address to the nation, President Obama met with the top executives of BP today and negotiated a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil claims. It will be handled by veteran attorney Kenneth Feinberg , who oversaw payments to the survivors of the attacks on September 11.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

As promised in last night’s address to the nation, President Obama met with the top executives of BP today and negotiated a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil claims. It will be handled by veteran attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who oversaw payments to the survivors of the attacks on September 11. Cheryl Gay Stolberg is White House Correspondent for the New York Times.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sheryl Gay Stolberg
New York Times Washington Correspondent who covers health policy

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Obama Meets with BP Executives

As promised in last night’s address to the nation, President Obama met with the top executives of BP today and negotiated a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil claims. It will be handled by veteran attorney Kenneth Feinberg , who oversaw payments to the survivors of the attacks on September 11.

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Obama Meets with BP Executives

As promised in last night’s address to the nation, President Obama met with the top executives of BP today and negotiated a $20 billion escrow fund for Gulf oil claims. It will be handled by veteran attorney Kenneth Feinberg , who oversaw payments to the survivors of the attacks on September 11.

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