FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2000
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
Natalie Wymer or Stu Nagurka
202/586-5806
Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson today announced that former Senator Howard Baker and former Congressman Lee Hamilton will do a thorough investigation and assessment into the circumstances surrounding the security incident at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and will make the necessary recommendations for corrective measures. This assessment will be done expeditiously and will be conducted in a manner so as not to interfere with the FBI investigation.
Senator Baker and Congressman Hamilton have agreed to this assignment. They will report both to President Clinton and the Secretary.
"I will not tolerate security lapses and I'm outraged at what happened," Secretary Richardson said. "I trust that Senator Baker and Congressman Hamilton will help us get to the bottom of this in a bipartisan, unbiased manner."
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