President Barack Obama says his talks with Gulf fishermen and oil spill experts are not an academic exercise. It’s “so I know whose ass to kick.” One target for the presidential foot- Tony Hayward, the embattled chief executive of BP PLC. Obama was asked by NBC “Today” show host Matt Lauer about Mr. Hayward’s past comments that “I want my life back,” that the Gulf was “a big ocean” and that “the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest.”

Obama talks tough on oil spill. (2010, June 9). The Philippine Star, p. A-28.