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On the recordJune 26, 2024
One of the most troubling things in that report, I agree, was the finding that the vent and--the polymerization that was feared by those who thought that by undertaking that vent and burn action, they were preventing an explosion might not have actually occurred, meaning that the vent and burn did not have to happen.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana

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Buttigieg discusses troubling findings from the NTSB report on the East Palestine incident.

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