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Bob Graham: “If we don't act, if we are timorous and if we have an enhanced likelihood similar to the Macondo, that we are all going…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2011
If we don't act, if we are timorous and if we have an enhanced likelihood similar to the Macondo, that we are all going to be pointed at as to why we were unable to recognize and why we were unwilling to act in the public interest.
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Bob Graham

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Graham warns of consequences if no action is taken to prevent future disasters.

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