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Director of Agency Overseeing Offshore Drilling Is Fired, Sources Say

Elizabeth Birnbaum, director of the embattled U.S. Minerals Management Service, which oversees offshore drilling, has been fired, Fox News has confirmed.

 

Gulf of Mexico oil spill now worst in U.S. history

As crews pump mud in "top kill" maneuver, scientists increase estimate of oil flow; Minerals Management Service director leaves her job.

 

After oil spill, agency to split

After oil spill, agency to split

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will announce Tuesday afternoon that he is splitting the embattled Minerals Management Service into two parts, according to an Interior Department official who asked not to be identified.

 

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