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On the recordJuly 20, 2010
If you -- if it was $4,300 a barrel, and what most people believe is something between 75,000 to 100,000 barrels a day for, what, 90 days or something like that? Well, of course it's in their interest.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville discusses BP's financial interests in downplaying the oil spill's impact.

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