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On the recordJuly 1, 2010
I think -- I'm afraid if their shareholders -- I don't -- I think this thing -- like I said, my own view -- and I hope I'm wrong -- but has been from the get-go, this is a catastrophe of the first magnitude.
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James Carville
Democratic · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Carville expresses his concern about the severity of the oil spill disaster.

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