Obama roundly about BP

This reminds us of some strange case Toyota. Less than four months after having heard the Director General of Operations in the U.S. for the Japanese, Jim Lentz, and its CEO, Akio Toyoda, the U.S. Congress will, next June 17, the testimony of an officer of another giant feet of clay, Tony Hayward, CEO of BP. And for the first time.

Obama wants to "kick some butt"

The boss of BP is found in a weak position, particularly after the resounding declarations of Barack Obama. Asked by NBC, Bush pointed the finger at Tony Hayward about awkward. "It would not work for me after these statements," said Bush.We talk with these guys because they are potentially more able to tell me who to kick your ass.

Tony Hayward was heavily criticized after saying a week ago wanted to "get his life before" and the Gulf of Mexico was "a great ocean where the environmental impact of the disaster is very, very modest." Words that had caused such an outcry from the families of 11 victims who died in the explosion and for which he apologized on Facebook. 81% of Americans felt negatively the reaction of BP.

Obama worse than Bush

The position of Barack Obama is not the most comfortable vis-à-vis the American people cheap payday advance. A poll ABC News / Washington Post, 69% of respondents have a poor opinion of the management of the crisis the Obama administration.By comparison, 60% of Americans disapproved of the action of George Bush response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Tony Hayward, who will be the only witness to a hearing entitled "The role of BP in the explosion of the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon and the oil spill, to answer questions from elected members of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House of Representatives.

Two months after the explosion

The hearing will take place almost two months after the explosion on April 20 of the platform which has killed 11 people and caused a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, affecting the fauna and flora in several states in the southern U.S. coast U.S. including Louisiana.

The head of BP America, Lamar McKay, had already been questioned by several committees of both houses of Congress in May.

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