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W. Todd Akin: “Well, that's convenient, because then anything that doesn't work you can continue to blame BP. The problem is, there's…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
Well, that's convenient, because then anything that doesn't work you can continue to blame BP. The problem is, there's all this oil all over the place, that little detail. You know, I agree with you entirely. BP was wrong. What I'm not clear on, was it more of equipment or was it more human. I suspect from what I've heard, it seemed like it was more operator error than it was technology. But, be that as it may, it seems to me that the only thing that eclipsed the foolishness and the incompetence of BP is the Federal Government response that's even worse.
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W. Todd Akin
Missouri
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Jun 30, 2010

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The speaker discusses the BP oil spill and critiques both BP and the federal government's response.

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