Senior Official Resigns From Energy Dept.

[kskiska]

Assistant Energy Secretary Jessie Roberson, who headed the environmental cleanup program at the department's nuclear weapons sites, resigned yesterday, citing a desire to spend more time with her family.

Roberson's accelerated agenda for cleaning up weapons sites has been criticized by some state officials and environmentalists as an attempt by the Energy Department to scale back cleanup standards and saddle states with more of the highly radioactive waste.

Her resignation is the third by a senior Energy Department official closely involved in nuclear waste cleanup or environmental management in just over two months. Undersecretary Robert Card, the department's No. 3 official, who was closely involved in nuclear waste issues, and Assistant Secretary Beverly Cook, who reported to Card and was in charge of environmental and health management at nuclear complex sites, resigned in early April after tangling with Congress over a worker health issue.

According to DOE spokesman Joe Davis, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham told Roberson that, in three years at the job, she had "fundamentally changed the management" of the waste-cleanup effort.

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[baldguy]

1. "Spend more time with the family."

in other words "Get the hell out of here & STFU."

[mom cat]

3. Can't they come up with a new line? Does anyone know why

so many rats are jumping ship at DOE?

[TahitiNut]

20. DOE contractors at the Hanford site are probably the most corrupt ...

... imaginable. Cooked books, faked "science," labor abuses, bossism, health cover-ups, you-name-it. If the other sites (Los Alamos, etc.) are anywhere near as bad (as I'm told they are), the DOE is being raped of taxpayer dollars to the tune of billions every year.

[tlcandie]

2. Hmmmm.....

Are they missing some WMD and don't want to be held liable for it when the * hits the fan and those that will soon be discovered in Iraq turn out to be made in the US and installed since the occupation?

Something is definitely ripe and they are falling like flies there!

[mom cat]

5. Thanks. You gave the answer to my question before I finished typing it.

[warrior1]

13. these people

don't know what the fuck they are doing.

[camby]

4. Family Time

I'm really concerned that so many members of the administration are not spending enough time with their families. It's really a shame.

[mom cat]

7. Yup. Family values ya know. Welcome to the DU family. It's

a great bunch. I like your bunny and your dry humor.

[camby]

10. Thanks

It's a great way to let off steam. Plus it helps to know that there are other sane(?) people out there.

[jeff5]

19. I Want All of Them

to have a lot more time to spend with their families.

[struggle4progress]

21. delete

[LittleApple81]

6. Repug families are a needy bunch, aren't they? Isn't this unpatriotic?

I mean, how unpatriotic of them: they are counterproductive to the dedication and love for the country that repugs are supposed to show...

[camby]

8. Too much stress on the job...

These folks are working too hard. Maybe they should just let it all out. Fess up to all the lies. They'll feel much better. It'll add years to their lives....and ours.

[mom cat]

9. Yeah. Especially when we are at WAR!

[camby]

11. They are at WAR with

T H E T R U T H!!!!

[Dover]

12. They really ARE the family values Party, aren't they?

I'm just so impressed with their commitment to their loved ones...lol!

And in their spare time, I certainly hope they get inspired to write a book about their wonderful experiences in the Bush regime. Especially about such timely topics as Cheney's energy committee, etc.

[camby]

15. THE BUSH BUNCH - a new sitcom

here's the story of a man named Dubya

and the wild and wacky bunch he called his own

they were just a bunch of dudes trying to rule the world

but they were all alone

(NEEDS WORK, BUT THERE ARE DEFINITE POSSIBILITIES HERE)

[crossroads]

18. Sounds good to me...

Welcome to DU... :hi:

[DemoVet]

14. Lots of resumes going out now from politcal appointees, I'm sure

they're all expecting to be unemployed come Jan 2005, or at least hedging just in case. I'll bet we'll see a flood of evacuees over the summer if they feel the water level rising in the boat.

[Ironpost]

16. Are we talking about dropping like flies

I wonder how many will be left by the time of the election. And I'm talking about the * inner circle.

[crossroads]

17. Another one jumps ship, eh? It is going down...

:eyes:

[loudsue]

22. The working poor would LOVE to "spend more time w/ their families"

But we just can't afford it! Lucky crooks.


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