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Four years after the deepwater horizon drilling platform killed 11 workers, causing more than 200 million gallons of oil to spew into the gulf of mexico, the Environmental Protection agency has lifted a ban that excluded bp from new federal contracts. In a broadcast exclusive, will speak with Elizabeth Birnbaum who was director of the Minerals Management service in the interior department the time of the deepwater horizon blowout. She left soon after. She now says the risk of another blowout is real. Then, rubin hurricane carter has died. He became an International Symbol of Racial Injustice a...

George h bushs presidency. It is about an hour. Delightful to join many in celebrating the 25th anniversary of the presidency of george w. Bush. George h. W. Bush. This panel will focus on Environmental Impact and i am delighted to be joined by two people who played pivotal roles in the passage of that gradyon, bob brady and senator alan simpson. We are going to try to do three things in this panel. First, we are going to pose the act,ion, did the clean air in practice over the last 15 years, fulfill the promise and intent of its creators . We often, in public policy, and up end up making clai...

Bush. George, hes in the cloak room, call him and tell him youll veto the bill without question if this amendment goes through. So i watched, george was right there. I tell you. He couldnt have bean second after, joe biden, the president wants to sanctify. I heard joe say what . [ laughter ] you really mean that, mr. President . He said well, anyway i can see that the hook was set and so joe came back out after a while after debate going and he said i have been personally advised by the president of the United States that he would, indeed, veto this powerfully important bill if this amendment ...

Appreciate the support of congress to resolve this extraordinary challenge. Thank you. Director jarvis, thanks very much. Because of the number of senators here, ill ask one question to get us started and recognize our colleagues. Director jarvis, for decades, the park service has recommended expanding the Oregon Caves National monument. And one of the primary reasons has been because the existing site is not large enough to protect the site, given the volume of visitors. So in the case of oregon caves, not expanding the site could actually increase the cost of maintaining a very unique resour...

In politics in high school. I got kind of bit by the bug. In rked my First Campaign 1972. Thats when i first started getting bit from the bug i didnt come from a terribly political family or anything like that. Do you know who captain shreeve was . He was a river boat captain, and he broke a logjam on the red river. Thats my high school. In louisiana . 4 bl are are are in shreveport, louisiana. The captain shreve gators. Is it louisiana or louisiana . It depends on what part of the state, kind of like missouri or missoura. I say louisiana. Everybody thinks their state is a little different fro...