White House: Obama ready to seize claims process

 

AP – Alabama Gov. Bob Riley watchesas President Barack Obama makes an unannounced visit to Tacky Jack's, a ..

• White House: Obama ready to seize claims process (AP) AP - President Barack Obama is reassuring people in Gulf Coast states that he's up to the enormous job of helping them recover from the disastrous oil spill, laying the groundwork for a prime-time speech Tuesday night. His chief spokesman said Obama is poised to seize the handling of damage claims from BP, if necessary.
  
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