Obama Will Meet BP's CEO

Politico reports that Obama will be meeting for the first time with the CEO of BP next Wednesday:

Ending days of speculation and criticism about why the president has not met or spoken with top officials of the company responsible for the oil spill off the Gulf Coast, the White House Thursday invited BP’s chairman of the board and other senior managers to meet with Barack Obama in Washington next week.

The invitation to a meeting next Wednesday came in a letter from the federal incident commander Admiral Thad Allen to BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg.

“[T]ime is of the essence in resolving these issues, ” Allen wrote in the letter, which was made public by the administration. “As part of our ongoing communication, I request that you and any appropriate officials from BP, meet with senior Administration officials on Wednesday, June 16, 2010, to discuss these timely issues. President Obama will participate in a portion of this meeting.”