There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure.

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• Kenneth Lay:

  There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem

• Kenneth Lay:

  We don't break the law.

• Kenneth Lay:

  Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.

• Kenneth Lay:

  Investors don't like uncertainty.

• Kenneth Lay:

  When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to

• Kenneth Lay:

  Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

• Kenneth Lay:

  We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.

• Kenneth Lay:

  The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I woul

• Kenneth Lay:

  I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

• Kenneth Lay:

  But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company.