The president knows about Tellurides tragedy. Jerry Greene told Barack Obama about his bakery burning down. The president responded with kindness and sympathy, Greene said.

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President Barack Obama is paying his respects to America's war dead.

CHICAGO (AP) Good friends, good food and the comforts of his own home.

Barack Obama laid bare his distress at America's worst oil spill yesterday as BP's latest attempt to stop the catastrophic leak ended in failure.