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Underwear, Toothbrushes and the Oil Spill

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Let's hope that Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes or a member of his staff has had time to do a little shopping since he was dispatched to the Gulf of Mexico to deal with the response to the BP oil spill. Interior Boss Ken Salazar told Congress Tuesday that Hayes rushed to the site of the disaster "without a change of underwear and without a toothbrush."

 

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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