AFP: US President Barack Obama was to meet with senior BP officials for the first time on Wednesday, a day after vowing to make the firm pay for the “recklessness” that led to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Obama has summoned BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg to the White House for talks at 10:15 am (1415 GMT), with BP chief executive Tony Hayward also expected to attend. The meeting comes a day after Obama’s debut Oval Office address, in which he sought to reassure Americans he was …