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Hung Nguyen, had been asking many witnesses about Kuchta's actions immediately after the explosion, focusing on whether Kuchta was fully in command of the situation.

Oil spill hearings focus on who was in charge after the blast Joel Achenbach 2010

"It could go on for 10 years," said Kyle Schonekas, attorney for the sunken rig's captain, Curt Kuchta of Transocean.

Oil spill hearings focus on who was in charge after the blast Joel Achenbach 2010

He said that when it came time to abandon ship, he was standing behind the captain, Curt Kuchta, when Kuchta told the people on a life raft to lower the raft to the water and not worry about him.

Oil spill hearings focus on who was in charge after the blast Joel Achenbach 2010

"RUMPELSTILTSKIN," for age 5 and older, puppeteer Matthias Kuchta performs the classic fairy tale. 11 a.m., 1: 30 and 5 p.m. Saturday, 1: 30 and 4 p.m. Sunday, Kennedy Center, Family Theater, 2700 F St. NW.

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A lawyer for Captain Curt Kuchta protested that introducing the information was "an attempt to assassinate his character."

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Kyle Schonekas, an attorney for Kuchta, and Pat Fanning, representing Harrell, protested that their clients had been designated as "parties-in-interest" in the probe -- potentially putting them in the investigators 'crosshairs and putting their licenses at risk -- after they testified in an earlier round of hearings.

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They asked Kuchta how the crew knew who was in charge.

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Kuchta, a meat-eater, would never force her kids to eat meat but admits she had misgivings about the potential health risks of a meatless diet, and that switching to accommodate her kids’ food preferences was “pretty inconvenient at first.”

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Kuchta had testified in May about a delay in activating the rig's emergency disconnect system.

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A lawyer for Transocean, the company that owned the rig, criticized the investigating panel for not asking Kuchta about the account when he appeared at an earlier hearing.

Deepwater Horizon chief engineer testifies in new round of hearings 2010