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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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    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.

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      Warren Olney

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      Sheryl Gay Stolberg

      New York Times Washington Correspondent who covers health policy

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Oil Spill and the Obama Presidency
    1. 0:00Obama Meets with BP ExecutivesYou’re reading this
    2. 7:33The Oil Spill and the Obama Presidency
    3. 44:31San Francisco Moves to Show Cell Phone Radiation Levels
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