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To: RetiredNow who wrote (254876)	6/17/2010 4:43:57 PM
From: Hoa Hao	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Sooo... how do you explain this guy Oynes?? This guy started in 1994 under Clinton. Rest assured Corporatism is firmly entrenched in both parties across all industries. Top U.S. offshore drilling official abruptly retires By Erika Bolstad, Geoff Pender and Dan Chang \| McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The top federal official in charge of overseeing offshore drilling retired abruptly on Monday as BP's chief operating officer pledged that his company would never pump oil from the runaway Deepwater Horizon well that exploded, killed 11 workers and began spewing millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Some in Congress welcomed Chris Oynes' resignation as the head of the Minerals Management Service's offshore drilling program as a sign that the administration would follow through on President Barack Obama's pledge to end the MMS's cozy relationship with the oil industry. Oynes had been the MMS's associate director in charge of offshore drilling since 2007 and was appointed to the post after 13 years overseeing the permitting process in the Gulf of Mexico. "I hope Chris Oynes' decision to retire signals an understanding that a changing of the guard is necessary to cure MMS of the many ills it endured during the previous Administration," said Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., the chairman of the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, in a statement. "Today's announcement is one of several steps that will be necessary to fundamentally reform MMS, and it represents an opportunity to begin anew with a clean slate mcclatchydc.com