strength, resilience and our fai unyielding faith thatthbetter something better awaits us iff we summon the courage to reach for it. tonight we pray for that courage. we pray for the people of the gulf.d we pray that a hand may guidey us through the storm towards a brighter day.ank thank you, god bless you, and te may god bless the united states of america. that wasn t barack obama s first address to the nation from the oval office.the it lasted a little more thand a 18 minutes. the president said the oilmis. clean up could continue for years, describing that spill spo more like an epidemic than a one-time disaster. t he insisted after his trip to the gulf he will make bp set acc up an escrow account to compensate people andon businesses affected, butthe pres didn t put a number on theid reh account. he renewed his call forction congressional action on energy a legislation, addressing thosetiy critics who say the cost of noe legislation are too high now, much like with the hea health