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James Carville: “You couldn't have a massive mess-up like this without a lot of people being complicit in it. Certainly the government…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2011
You couldn't have a massive mess-up like this without a lot of people being complicit in it. Certainly the government was complicit.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses the shared responsibility of various parties, including the government, in the BP oil spill disaster.

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