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From: LindyBill5/27/2010 11:41:31 AM
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This blowout was caused by a BP executive decision. All the "regulations" in the world would not have stopped it.

Heads Roll [Daniel Foster]

The administration has fired the head of the Minerals Management Service:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic sources say the Obama administration has fired the head of the U.S. Minerals Management Service in response to blistering criticism over lax oversight of offshore drilling.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity before the official announcement, tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama will announce the decision Thursday.

Elizabeth "Liz" Birnbaum had run the service in the Interior Department since July 2009."

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