HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc got U.S. government approval to begin a tricky operation to choke off a gushing oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the process was under way.
President Barack Obama said the procedure should greatly reduce or eliminate the flow of crude from the well, but he stressed there was no guarantee it would work.
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