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Barack Obama: We have an obligation to investigate what went wrong and to determine what reforms are needed so that we never have to…

On the recordMay 31, 2010
We have an obligation to investigate what went wrong and to determine what reforms are needed so that we never have to experience a crisis like this again.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks Following a Meeting With the Cochairs of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore...

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