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We have your statement. It will be including the record in its entirety and under the circumstances, you can deliver it in its entirety if you wish or summarize, either way. I will summarize it. I am here to provide a frank response the questions regarding the Exxon Valdez Oil spill and to describe our continuing efforts to deal with its consequences before this i do this however i want to express sincere regret as to what happened on behalf of all the employees of the exxon and certainly on behalf of myself. I really cant tell you how sorry we are this disaster occurred and we are particularly sympathetic to the impacts on the residents of alaska and in particular those in the Prince William sound area thats where the difficulty is really creating a great deal of problems for those people. As has been said many times this morning and by us earlier than this we take full re ....
Later. Explore nations past on American History tv, every weekend on cspan3 i woke up at my home was in a suburb of anchorage it was all over the news. So, by the time i got to work and you all about it. My first reaction was disbelief, how could this happen. Then, the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled like 11 million gallons of oil and covered like 11,000 mi. 2 of ocean before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where were you working, and what was your job there i worked for the Anchorage Daily News and i was a reporter , primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i covered oil even before the spill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska, how large was it during that time. A modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there is a ....
I was a reporter at the time during investigative work but also covering business. I had covered oil even before this bill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska . How large was it during that time . The modern oil industry we know today got started in alaska in 1967. It was a huge oil strike. The pipeline began operating in 1973. About 15 years past. The oil industry in alaska from the day oil was discovered had an enormous mind share in this state. It was instantly recognized as the biggest source of funding for State Government. For a long time it was the only source that mattered. The oil industry produced money so fast that one of the jokes was even the Alaska Legislature couldnt waste it all. The oil industry took an acute interest in policy. Over time their influence over the legislature became enormous and it was almost more mandator ....
Washington journal. Also live on American History tv on cspan3. I woke up at my home which was in eagle river. A suburb of anchorage. And it was all over the news. So by the time i got to work, i knew all about it. First reaction was disbelief. How could this happen . And the second reaction was just shock at the enormity of it. They spilled, i think, 11 million gallons of oil and covered, like, 11,000 square miles of ocean. Before it was done. The scale was inconceivable until it happened. Where r you working, what was your job there . I worked for the anchorage daily news, a reporter at the time primarily doing investigative work but also covering business so i had covered oil even before the spill. Can you tell us what the history of the oil industry was in alaska, how large was it during that time . The modern oil industry that we know today got its start in alaska in 1967 when there was a huge oil strike on the bay of the s ....
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