06/17/10
In what resembled
a call to the principal's office,
BP's top executives
were summoned
to the White House this morning.
The President
immediately sat down
in the Oval Office with this man:
BP Chairman
Carl-Henric Svanberg.
I emphasized to him that
for the families that I met with
down in the Gulf,
this is not just
a matter of dollars and cents.
What was finally agreed upon:
BP will contribute $20 billion,
$5 billon each year until 2013,
to an independent escrow account.
Afterwards, BP's
Swedish-born Chairman said
he could feel
the President's concern.
He is frustrated because
he cares about the small people.
And we care about
the small people.
校長室に呼ばれたかのように
ホワイトハウスに入るBP幹部。
オバマ大統領はすぐさま
スバンバーグ会長と会談した。
私は会長に強調しました。
被害者にとっては
単なるお金の問題ではないと。
会談の結果。
BPは200億ドルの拠出に合意。
2013年まで毎50億ドルを
基金に拠出する。
大統領の気持ちが伝わってきたと
会長は言う。
大統領は被害者を気にかけています。
私たちも同じです。
