`` Right now , the president 's number one priority needs to be keeping the jobs in the energy sector from going overseas and restoring the Gulf of Mexico . '' NEW : Republicans criticize Obama for linking oil disaster to call for energy reform . NEW : BP says it wants to work with Obama on ending leak , cleaning oil . Obama says he will push BP to create a BP-funded account to pay for oil spill damages . Comment:
NEW : Republicans criticize Obama for linking oil disaster to call for energy reform . NEW : BP says it wants to work with Obama on ending leak , cleaning oil . Obama says he will push BP to create a BP-funded account to pay for oil spill damages . Comment: