NEW ORLEANS - The administrator of a $20 billion fund to compensate Gulf oil spill victims pledged Monday to speed payment of claims.

“We want to get the claims out quicker,” said Kenneth Feinberg, who was placed in charge of the fund by the White House. “We want to get these claims out with more transparency.”

Feinberg said many people are in desperate financial straits and need immediate relief.


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