President Obama will demand that BP create a special account with "substantial" reserves to pay Gulf oil claims and will take other steps aimed at aiding the region, David Axelrod said today. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told Face The Nation that an outside contractor will run the account and handle claims more quickly than they are now. "We've been very concerned about the claims process," he said. "This is not a core function of an oil producing company." Elsewhere on the Gulf spill: