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PrimeTime Politics
May 17, 2010
Host Peter Van Dusen looks at the day’s news, including a meeting of the G8/G20 National Youth Caucus in Ottawa. Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes part in a question-and-answer session with members of the youth caucus, where questions focus on the government’s handling of the recent global economic crisis and concerns about the exclusion of abortion funding from Canada’s maternal health initiatives. In Washington, D.C., the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs reviews the government’s response to a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after an explosion on a British Petroleum (BP) offshore drilling rig. Testimony is provided by Janet Napolitano (Homeland Security Secretary) and Rear Admiral Peter Neffenger (deputy national incident commander of the U.S. Coast Guard), and Lamar McKay (president and chairman of BP America). The witnesses are questioned by committee members Susan Collins, John McCain, and Mary Landrieu and by the chairman, Joseph Lieberman.