ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, July 2 (Reuters) - The White Housesaid on Thursday it was pleased to see an agreement reached withBP to end litigation over environmental damage and humancasualties caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
"While we have not had a chance to review this agreement indetail, we are pleased to see that this historical agreementwill help repair the damage done to the local economies of thegulf and to the wetlands, wildlife and fisheries impacted soseverely by the Deep Water Horizon spill," White House spokesmanEric Schultz told reporters traveling on Air Force One. (Reporting by Jeff Mason, Roberta Rampton, Megan Cassella;Editing by Doina Chiacu)