June 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today extended some federal employee benefits to same-sex couples and their children, and called on Congress to pass legislation providing gay partners who work for the government with the full range of benefits.

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama called the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico the greatest environmental disaster of its kind in our history and said an independent commission will fully investigate its causes to make sure such a catastrophe wont happen again.

May 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama called the oil spill from a damaged BP Plc well in the Gulf of Mexico an assault on the region and its residents and vowed to keep it a top priority until the damage is cleaned up.

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- By claiming ownership of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, President Barack Obama may stem criticism that he hasnt been sufficiently engaged. Avoiding political fallout from what may become the nations worst environmental disaster will be more difficult.

May 27 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama s outrage over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached the upper scale and is directed at both BP Plc and federal regulators, senior White House adviser David Axelrod said.