Oil spill week in Washington DC

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This week Washington is all about oil. Along with testimony from BP CEO Tony Hayward before Congress, Americans will be able to watch President Obama’s Oval Office address tonight; and the subject? Oil. The Takeaway’s Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at President Obama’s first Oval Office speech, and the upcoming Congressional gauntlet to be run by Tony Hayward.

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