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happy and in her element. it is one of the events she very much enjoys coming to. so fingers crossed she is able to come here later on this evening. let s find out a bit more about the event itself. your role in the event tonight? i’ge about the event itself. your role in the event tonight? the event tonight? i ve got a sliuhtl the event tonight? i ve got a slightly unusual the event tonight? i ve got a slightly unusual role, - the event tonight? i ve got a slightly unusual role, i - the event tonight? i ve got a slightly unusual role, i am . the event tonight? i ve got a i slightly unusual role, i am sort the event tonight? i ve got a - slightly unusual role, i am sort of supporting slightly unusual role, i am sort of supporting the musical ride as part of what supporting the musical ride as part of what we supporting the musical ride as part of what we have called the charles ii of what we have called the charles h retinue. of what we have called the charles ii retinue,
provided the cement services for the well in the days leading up to the disaster. there s a lot of fingerpointing going on between the three companies and others. robert dudley of bp said that it s a very complicated industrial accident. it resulted in a series of individual misjudgments by very experienced people and a multiple series of failures of equipment and processes that is going to involve multiple companies. so, look for a lot of fing fingerpointing in the months ahead. charles, i guess some of the information that i have been given is that investigators are looking into whether company officials made false statements to regulators and obstructed justice or even falsified test results for devices like the blown-out proventer. yeah, there s going to be a lot of oinvestigations along those lines and also the procedures, the standard operating procedures that would normally happen did bp take short cuts? if so, who knew about it and when did they know about it? charles had