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WASHINGTON - The White House says Commerce Secretary John Bryson will take a medical leave as he undergoes tests and evaluations after suffering a seizure in connection with two traffic accidents in the Los Angeles area. White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement Monday that President Obama's thoughts were with Bryson and his family.
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By Brian Day and Brenda Gazzar, SGVN
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Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Monday he will take a medical leave of absence to undergo tests and evaluations after suffering a seizure during a succession of traffic accidents in San Gabriel and Rosemead. Bryson informed President Barack Obama that he was taking a medical leave "so that I can focus all of my attention on resolving the health issues that arose over the weekend," according to a statement released by the department. Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank will serve as acting commerce secretary in Bryson's absence.
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ROANOKE - West Virginia Commerce Secretary Keith Burdette said Shell and another company are actively seeking to put a cracker in Appalachia, and he believes three West Virginia sites are in the running. Burdette spoke about the state's efforts to attract an ethane cracker during a break at the fifth annual Governor's Energy Summit on Tuesday at Stonewall Resort.
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Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Monday he will take a medical leave of absence to undergo tests and evaluations after suffering a seizure during a succession of traffic accidents in San Gabriel and Rosemead. Bryson informed President Barack Obama that he was taking a medical leave "so that I can focus all of my attention on resolving the health issues that arose over the weekend," according to a statement released by the department. Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank will serve as acting commerce secretary in Bryson's absence.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today appointed Mario Gonzalez- Lafuente, executive director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), to the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, as part of a strategy to promote the United States. The announcement of Gonzalez-Lafuente's participation as one of the 32 members of the TTAB was made during the visit by President Obama and Commerce Secretary Bryson to Orlando, Florida today and is the latest in a series of "We Can't Wait" actions that President Obama and his administration have undertaken to aid job creation through executive action.
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SAN GABRIEL, Calif. - Medical records could determine whether U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson will be charged in two weekend fender-benders that led to his hospitalization after police found him slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle in the Los Angeles suburbs. Bryson suffered a seizure Saturday afternoon, Commerce Department officials said Monday, but it wasn't clear whether the medical episode preceded or followed a hit-and-run collision.
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Environmental Dynamics International yesterday played host to acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, who stopped by the Columbia manufacturer's Paris Road headquarters to tour the facility and tout the company as a prime example of a growing U.S. exporter. The reason we are here is because EDI has been so effective in moving from a Columbia company to an international company," Blank said in remarks to employees after a factory tour.
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Just weeks after Obamacare was signed into law earlier this year, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke was questioning the $100-plus million Form 8-K write-downs announced by corporations such as Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co., Boeing Co. and AT&T to account for their anticipated higher costs of health care. The commerce secretary even referred to AT&T's $1 billion write-down as being "minor" - perhaps reflecting a government perspective jaded by trillion-dollar bailouts and deficits. Qualifications for the secretary of commerce should include understanding how to get the economy going. Mr. Locke's past record of public service tells a different story. Prior to joining the Obama administration, he had served two terms as governor of the state of Washington, commencing in 1996. For much of th...
