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YESTERDAY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT HE BEAT THE OIL COMPANIES HAD AGREED TO ACCEPT CRIMINAL IRRESPONSIBILITY ON THE 2010 DISASTER THAT LEFT...
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| 00:01:19 |
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UP WITH US ON ALL YOUR FAVORITE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK AND EMAIL US AT JOURNAL @C-SPAN.ORG. A VERY GOOD MORNING TO YOU. WANT TO BEGIN...
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| 00:04:29 |
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AND WE'RE TAKING YOUR CALLS THIS MORNING. THE LINES ARE OPEN. WE HAVE A SPECIAL LINE JUST FOR GULF COAST RESIDENTS. POINT YOU TO THE FRONT PAGE OF THE...
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| 00:05:40 |
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CALLER: THANK YOU. AROUND HERE WHERE I LIVE IN DESOTO, MISSOURI, WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF STATIONS, DIFFERENT NAMES, AND B.P. IS ALWAYS,...
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| 00:06:13 |
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THANKS FOR THE CALL FROM MISSOURI THIS MORNING. WANT TO POINT YOU TO THE LEAD EDITORIAL IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" TODAY, CRIMINALITY IN THE GULF SPILL....
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| 00:07:16 |
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I THINK THEY SHOULD DO A LOT MORE AND THEY SHOULDN'T LET THEM OFF THE HOOK. HOST:
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| 00:07:28 |
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LORAINNE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PENALTY SHOULD BE? $4.5 BILLION NOT ENOUGH? CALLER: NOPE, LIKE $600
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| 00:07:41 |
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BILLION. THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOULD PAY. HOST: LORAINNE FROM
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| 00:07:44 |
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MICHIGAN, THANKS FOR THE CALL. SOME STATS ABOUT B.P. AND THE WORK FORCE. THE COMPANY EMPLOYS ABOUT 23,000 PEOPLE, 30% OF ITS WORK FORCE IN THE UNITED...
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| 00:08:59 |
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CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I WAS WATCHING ANOTHER PROGRAM RECENTLY AND THEY SAID HOW B.P. MADE, YOU KNOW, RECORDED $1.7, $1.4 BILLION FOR THE QUARTER AND...
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| 00:09:42 |
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THE CALL FROM NEW YORK THIS MORNING. HERE'S A CHART FROM THE "NEW YORK TIMES," TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY B.P. HAS SET ASIDE AND SPENT TO DATE TO COVER...
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| 00:10:44 |
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CALLER: THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL. I JUST WANT TO SAY IF YOUR GUY'S PROGRAM WASN'T SO GOOD WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ASK SUCH GOOD QUESTIONS. FOR INSTANCE,...
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| 00:11:51 |
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THOUGH. HOST: THANKS FOR YOUR CALL. I WANT TO SHOW VIDEO OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TALKING ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY. >> TODAY
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| 00:11:59 |
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT HERE IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN NEW ORLEANS, THE DEPARTMENT FILED A 14-COUNT INFORMATION, CHARGING B.P....
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| 00:13:05 |
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GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY ABOUT THE FINES. HERE IS A MAP FROM THE PAPERS, THIS ONE APPEARING IN THE TRIBUNE NEWSPAPERS IN...
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| 00:14:19 |
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NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. HOST: JOHN, WHAT'S YOUR
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| 00:14:22 |
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REACTION TO THE FINE ANNOUNCEMENT? CALLER: WELL, I'M SKEPTICAL
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| 00:14:26 |
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AS I'M 70 YEARS OLD, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN MY LIFE. ANY TIME THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY GETS DUMPED INTO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ONE...
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| 00:16:05 |
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CALL FROM LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. AS WE NOTED AT THE TOP OF THE SEGMENT, FORMER C.I.A. DIRECTOR DAVID PATRAEUS WILL BE TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS...
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| 00:16:39 |
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OF QUESTIONS. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE C.I.A. DID TO TRY TO MOVE ITS FORCES TO HELP FIELD THE ATTACK AND PROTECT THE CONSULATE. AND EVEN MORE THAN...
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| 00:17:10 |
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ON THE EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ATTACK. >> IF YOU
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| 00:17:16 |
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RECALL SHORTLY AFTER THE ATTACK, PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID HE WOULD SPARE NO EFFORT TO TRACK DOWN THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ATTACK, BUT SO FAR THERE...
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| 00:17:59 |
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HOST: AND IS THIS HEARING TODAY GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT BEN GAUZEY OR ARE THERE MEMBERS WHO WILL BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING...
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| 00:18:10 |
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KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THE ANSWER YET. BUT MY SENSE IS THAT IT WILL BE ABOUT 98%, BUT SEVERAL LAW MAKERS SAID YESTERDAY...
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| 00:19:21 |
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THE STATEMENTS BECAME PUBLIC YESTERDAY BUT APPARENTLY IT WAS SOME SORT OF EMAIL COMMUNICATION OR PERHAPS PHONE CALLS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST WEEKS...
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| 00:20:25 |
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GO, GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION GOES FROM HERE. WE'RE SEEING HEADLINES THIS MORNING ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS...
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| 00:20:43 |
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BE -- IT'S A SPECIAL BOARD, I THINK LEGALLY MANDATED IN CASES LIKE THE U.S. CONSULATE. THAT BOARD IS DOING ITS WORK. IT SHOULD FINISH UP SOMETIME...
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| 00:21:15 |
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STROBAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. AND WE'RE TAKING YOUR CALLS IN THIS FIRST SEGMENT OF THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL," ON YOUR REACTION TO THE B.P....
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| 00:22:12 |
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PRUDENCE IN OGDEN, UTAH ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE TO GET HER THOUGHTS ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. PRUDENCE, GO AHEAD. CALLER: WELL, I WAS
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| 00:22:22 |
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JUST WONDERING WILL THIS MONEY EVER BE REALIZED? BECAUSE, WHEN THE EXXON HAD THE BIG DEAL IN ALASKA, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T RECALL IF THEY STOOD THERE...
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| 00:23:11 |
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FOR THE CALL THIS MORNING. THERE WAS INFORMATION IN THE B.P. ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT MONITORS BEING APPOINTED FOR FUTURE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES THAT B.P. WILL...
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| 00:24:54 |
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HOW MUCH B.P. HAS ACTUALLY MADE CLEANING UP THE SPILL? HOST: NOT A STAT
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| 00:25:02 |
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I HAVE FOR YOU RIGHT NOW, MERLIN. I CAN TELL YOU B.P. WAS REPORTING PROFITS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2010 AFTER THE SPILL OCCURRED. PROFITS OF ABOUT...
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| 00:25:36 |
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DOES ANYBODY THINK THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE DID IT ON PURPOSE? HOST: WHY WOULD YOU
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| 00:25:41 |
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THINK THAT, MERLIN? CALLER: WELL, BECAUSE
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| 00:25:44 |
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I HEARD THAT THE NIGHT RIGHT BEFORE THE SPILL THEY PULLED OUT THEIR STOCKS IN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MONEY THAT THEY HAD OUT THERE, THEY...
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| 00:25:57 |
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YOU HEARING THAT FROM? CALLER: WELL, I JUST HEARD
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| 00:26:01 |
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IT FROM THIS GUY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS REAL OR NOT. HOST: WE'LL GO TO
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| 00:26:08 |
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JOHN FROM DISTRICT HEIGHTS, MARYLAND ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. JOHN, THANKS FOR CALLING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. HOST: GO AHEAD. CALLER: LISTEN,
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| 00:26:14 |
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I WAS GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN INDICTED. BUT HOW FAR THE CHAIN THEY REALLY ARE. LOOK AT THE MONEY IT WILL COST THEM TO DEFEND THEMSELVES...
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| 00:26:41 |
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DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY THEY HAD CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST FORMER SENIOR V.P. EXECUTIVE. DOES THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY AT LEAST TO SEE SOMEONE THAT...
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| 00:26:57 |
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BE A COLONEL, BUT YOU GOT GENERALS, TOO. YOU GET YOUR POINT? HOST: WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE GONE AFTER? CALLER: SOMETHING
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| 00:27:07 |
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HUGE LIKE THAT, IT DON'T JUST START WITH THIS GENTLEMAN HERE. ANOTHER POINT IS THIS, NO NATTER WHAT THE FINE IS, THIS IS GOING TO BE PASSED ONTO THE...
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| 00:28:12 |
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HOST: ALL RIGHT, JOHN. WE'LL GO TO A FEW COMMENTS FROM TWITTER ON THE B.P. SPILL. AND ONE OTHER TWEET -- WANT TO SHOW YOU A BIT OF A NEWS CONFERENCE...
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| 00:28:52 |
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OF TODAY'S SETTLEMENT DIRECTING SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ALONG THE GULF COAST, IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP...
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| 00:29:40 |
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YOUR CALLS ON THIS ALL MORNING IN OUR FIRST SEGMENT OF "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." MARK FROM IRVING, TEXAS IS NEXT ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE. AND MARK, ARE...
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| 00:29:56 |
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WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL OCEAN ASSOCIATION? CALLER: YEAH, YEAH. HOST: GO AHEAD MARK. CALLER: YEAH, I WAS
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| 00:30:06 |
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A CAPTAIN FOR NOAA, I WAS RIGHT THERE, I WENT AND DID SURVEYS EVERY EIGHT DAYS. WE WOULD GO OUT, THEY WOULD GIVE THE G.P.S. READING. HOST:
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| 00:30:20 |
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MARK, TURN DOWN YOUR TV AND JUST KEEP TALKING TO ME THERE. COPE AND THEN WE WOULD DRAG, MAKE A 30 MINUTE DRAG TO PULL UP THE PRODUCT AND SEE WHAT WE...
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| 00:33:30 |
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YES, GOOD MORNING, YOU HAVE A GREAT SHOW. I'M A PROFESSOR AND EXPERT ON OIL, AND THE OBSERVATION OF B.P. PAYING $4.5 BILLION IS ONE WEEK, THAT'S ONE...
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| 00:34:25 |
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THINK THE FINES WILL GET UP THAT FAR IN THE CIVIL CASE? CALLER: WE'RE IN
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| 00:34:32 |
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THE OIL BUSINESS. B.P. IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF U.S. OIL. THEY'RE A $200 BILLION COMPANY. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COMPANY THAT HAS REVENUES FIVE...
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| 00:35:38 |
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YORK, NEW YORK. FEW OTHER HEADLINES TO KEEP YOU APPRAISED OF CONTINUING. LOOK AT THE 2012 ELECTIONS AND THOSE RACES THAT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED...
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| 00:37:34 |
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FOR THE CALL. CALLER: THANK YOU. PROFESSOR KIND OF STOLE A LOT OF THE THINGS I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE PERSPECTIVE HERE....
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| 00:38:50 |
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JODIE WRITES IN ON TWITTER, THE B.P. DISASTER WAS MADE BY BIP IT. THERE WERE SAFETY REGULARS THAT WERE IGNORED. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING BEFORE...
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| 00:39:08 |
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HAVING ME. LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOING ON. SORRY TO SAY BUT I AM A REPUBLICAN. I JUST HAD A QUESTION, SINCE THEY ALREADY GAVE YOU THE PROJECTED...
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| 00:39:34 |
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ALREADY GAVE THE PROJECTED NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE SPENDING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL GROUP THAT THEY GAVE MONEY TO, DO THEY PLAN ON THOSE GROUPS...
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| 00:39:48 |
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BACK TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES" GRAPHIC ON THIS. B.P. HAS SET ASIDE $42 BILLION TO COVER THE COST RELATED TO THE SPILL. AND THAT INCLUDES THE MONEY SPENT...
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| 00:40:39 |
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PARTLY. COULD YOU ALSO TELL ME THE NAME OF ANY SINGLE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY RECEIVED MONEY FOR ANY OF THIS STUFF? OR WAS IT JUST LIKE THEY GOT MONEY...
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| 00:41:02 |
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YOU CHAD, BUT I'M SURE YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP. MARIA ON THE DEMOCRATIC LINE, THANKS FOR CALLING. CALLER:
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| 00:41:09 |
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HI, GOOD MORNING. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I AGREE WITH THAT CALLER FROM PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK, OK? YOU LET THE GENIE OUT OF THE BOTTLE AND THAT'S...
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| 00:42:19 |
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HEADLINES TO RUN FOR YOU IN THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE "WASHINGTON JOURNAL" BEFORE WE TURN TO A DISCUSSION IN OUR NEXT SEGMENT ON THE FISCAL CLIFF....
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.