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Heres what he had to say. >> i cannot comment on whether there will be a fund set aside or not. we made it clear the company stands behind these commitments. we have a strong balance sheet. we have a strong company. we intend to stand behind those. >> does that make you more confident, less confident, or is his commentary at this point irrelevant because the president holds the bag? >> well, bp has cement millions of dollars on a public relations campaign. weve seen all the full-page ads and new...

Place, they could see what was going on. they knew what the extent of the damage was. the second thing to say is, when it comes to saying its a coast guard in charge or are we trusting bp? i think the administration was reluctant to say, were going to go down there and take charge of this situation. >> chris: what are they going to take charge with? >> i think what theyll do is say, were going to stay on top of bp. i think thats the second part of this. the people want bp to be held accountable....

Aware and had the cameras in place and could see what was going on and knew what the extent of the damage. and the second thing they say is when it comes to -- are we trusting bp? is the administration was reluctant to go down there and take charge of the situation. >> what would they take charm of it with. >> now, theyll say we will stay on top of bp and i think that is the second part. people want bp to be held accountable. and want bp to be sued if necessary, want questions about what bp is d...

Place, they could see what was going on. they knew what the extent of the damage was. the second thing to say is, when it comes to saying its a coast guard in charge or are we trusting bp? i think the administration was reluctant to say, were going to go down there and take charge of this situation. >> chris: what are they going to take charge with? >> i think what theyll do is say, were going to stay on top of bp. i think thats the second part of this. the people want bp to be held accountable....

>> thank you. >> you had a meeting with elena kagan. you described her as delightful. what can you tell us about the meeting? >> it was a lot of fun. we had practice long discussion just the two of us. i didnt press her to make commitments on any issue that talked about her history and her approach to things. i thought it was a good discussion. >> let me ask you, there has been criticism of her that she doesnt have enough experience. she hasnt been a judge and some folks are turning that around ...

Response. there are several thousand local boats, shrimp boats in many cases, going out with the booms, helping us in this response. for us, this is a -- an environmental issue for the people of the gulf of mexico. were committed to meeting our obligations for fair and quick reaction to the claims processes. hot line numbers are down there, we have interpreters and people are getting pay with their checks. i met them. theyre cashing those checks and anyone who is not fishing because of this shou...

Efforts, improving governance at provincial and district levels, and progress towards credible parliamentary elections later this year. of course, president karzai and i both acknowledge that much more work needs to be done. i also welcome president karzais commitment to take additional steps that can improve the lives of the afghan people, in concrete ways. especially with regard to the rule of law, agricultural production, economic growth, and the delivery of basic services. i pledged americas...

Strategy has to succeed on both sides of the border. just over half of the additional military forces that i ordered to afghanistan in december have now arrived with the remainder due by this summer. as part of our 46-nation coalition, allies and partners have increased their commitments as well. were partnering with afghan and coalition forces and weve begun to reverse the momentum of the insurgency. we have taken the fight to the taliban in helmand province, pushed them out of the strong hold ...

Own security, a civilian effort to promote good governance and development, and regional cooperation including with pakistan, because our strategy has to succeed on both sides of the border. just over half of the additional military forces that i ordered to afghanistan in december have now arrived with the remainder due by this summer. as part of our 46-nation coalition, allies and partners have increased their commitments as well. were partnering with afghan and coalition forces and weve begun ...

Own security, a civilian effort to promote good governance and development, and regional operation, including with pakistan, because our strategy has to succeed on both sides of the border. just over half of the additional military forces i ordered to afghanistan in december have now arrived with the remainder due by this summer. as part of our 46 nation coalition, allies and partners have increased their commitments as well. were partnering with afghan and coalition forces and we began to rever...