The President hosted a dinner in the evening for the Business Council in the State Dining Room of the White House.
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and Department of Energy Secretary Stephen Chu met with BP CEO Tony Hayward and BP American Chairman and President Lamar McKay to discuss ongoing, coordinated response efforts and receive an update on BP's spill mitigation plans for potentially affected Gulf Coast states. From a White House release: "BP is now accepting claims for the Gulf Coast oil spill. Please call BP's helpline at 1-800-440-0858. A BP fact sheet with additional information is available here. For those who have already pursued the BP claims process and are not satisfied with BP's resolution, can call the Coast Guard at 1-800-280-7118. More information about what types of damages are eligible for compensation under the Oil Pollution Act as well as guidance on procedures to seek that compensation can be found here." Source
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship announced the i6 Challenge, where an award up to $1 million each will be given to six winning teams with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization in their regions. Anyone interested in participating in the i6 Challenge was encouraged to submit their application by the July 15, 2010 deadline. More information could be found at www.eda.gov/i6 where information on a special conference call for potential applicants on May 17, 2010 was available. Source
The Pentagon disclosed the number of nuclear warheads in the U.S. arsenal: 5,113, representing a 75 per cent reduction since 1989. Source: CBS Evening News, May 3, 2010.
Day466/May4th/Tuesday: The President addressed the annual meeting of the Business Council, an influential corporate group whose members include chief executives from a broad array of industries and companies, such as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), Cardinal Health Inc. (CAH) and Goldman Sachs Groups Inc. (GS) (Source) at the Park Hyatt. Transcript Video
The President made calls to Times Square vendor Lance Orton and Officers Wayne Rhatigan and Pam Duffy to thank them for their vigilance that thwarted an attempted car bombing of Times Square. Lance Orton and Duane Jackson were the vendors who first reported the suspicious vehicle. Officers Rhatigan and Duffy were the officers on the scene whose actions led to the evacuation of the area and the immediate response. Source
The President had lunch with Elie Wiesel in the Private Dining Room of the White House. Source
The President and Vice President Joe Biden met with United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in the Oval Office of the White House.
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