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'Pressing concern'
Also On Thursday, Mr Obama met relatives of the 11 workers killed in the explosion that sank the BP oil platform in April. Mr Obama, who has himself come under mounting political pressure over his handling of the crisis, held the meeting at the White House. One man whose son was among the dead said the president had told the families he would not forget about them. Keith Jones, a lawyer from Louisiana, described the meeting as a "very positive experience". Mr Jones said Mr Obama had played with his four-week-old grandson, whose father Gordon was an engineer on the oil rig. Amid growing public anger in the US, Mr Obama is keen to show he is on top of the situation and will make a fourth visit to the region on Monday. At relief headquarters, officials said an understanding on speeding up the payment of compensation claims had been reached at a meeting with senior BP executives. Administration officials had raised a "pressing concern" about the time BP was taking to provide relief payments, particularly to businesses in the stricken area, one official said.
