WASHINGTON – The administrator of a $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund said Tuesday that he will disclose the salary BP is paying him, after initially declining to do so. Ken Feinberg told The Associated Press Tuesday that he plans to reveal the sum in the next couple of weeks, after the fund has an operational budget. It's slated to be up and running next month. "I don't want to just announce what my estimated salary is for the next few months, I want to give a budget that will include that salary," he said. Feinberg said he might ask an outsider with "great credibility" to set his salary. Last week, Feinberg said he had an estimated salary, but declined to reveal it, telling reporters, "That's something between me and BP." At an appearance at Public Citizen Tuesday, Feinberg acknowledged a "a perception of a conflict" with BP paying, but added, "Who else should pay?" When a questioner suggested he could do the work pro bono, or free, Feinberg replied, "I've spent my career doing pro bono, thank you very much." At another appearance Tuesday, before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on commerce, trade and consumer protection, Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, asked how Feinberg would ...
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