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BP Pleads Guilty

BP pleads guilty to 14 criminal charges and is fined a record $4.5 billion in a partial settlement with the federal government over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 5 million barrels that killed 11 oil rig workers. Two senior BP supervisors are indicted on manslaughter charges.

Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster

Post-Election Roundtable

To be Green, or Not to be Green: The Republican Party

The Outlook for Republican Cooperation

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Reilly Looks Back, and Ahead

Steve talks with outgoing EPA administrator William Reilly about the successes and failure of his tenure under President Bush, and what the future may hold for his successor, Carol Browner.

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