First thing each morning, an assistant hands Capt. Roger Laferriere of the Coast Guard a red folder with the word “hot” written on its cover in bold letters and double-underlined. Inside is a list of the most pressing needs of the day in fighting the BP spill in the gulf, the worst accidental discharge of oil in the nation’s history…
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