Director Of Agency Overseeing Offshore Drilling Is Fired, Sources Say

Washington TimesDirector of Agency Overseeing Offshore Drilling Is Fired, Sources SayFOXNewsIn this May 18 file photo, Elizabeth Birnbaum, then-director of the Minerals Management Service is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo) Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the embattled US Minerals Management Service, which oversees offshore ...Oil agency chief quits under pressureHouston ChronicleChief drill regulator Birnbaum sacked, as feds increase estimate of spillMiamiHerald.comObama fires MMS chief Elizabeth BirnbaumUSA TodayReuters -BusinessWeekall 438 news articles »

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