Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Obama announces members of commission on the BP oil crisis

Whitehouse website:




The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
June 14, 2010

President Obama Announces Members of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling Commission

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to complete the membership of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling:

• Frances G. Beinecke, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Donald Boesch, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Terry D. Garcia, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Cherry A. Murray, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
• Frances Ulmer, Member, National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling

The bipartisan Commission, established through an Executive Order, is tasked with providing recommendations on how we can prevent – and mitigate the impact of – any future spills that result from offshore drilling. The Council is co-chaired by former two-term Florida Governor and former U.S. Senator Bob Graham and former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William K. Reilly

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