Federal monitor named for offshore drilling

Coast Guard Rear Adm. James Watson, who ran the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon spill, will oversee the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.The Obama administration named Coast Guard Rear Adm. James A. Watson IV, who ran the federal response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as the new top monitor of safety and environmental practices in the offshore energy industry.

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