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US: BP CEO change won't diminish Gulf response

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-07-28 03:49

HOUSTON - The top official overseeing the response to BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico oil leak said on Tuesday he doesn't expect the company's commitment to be diminished with its change in leadership.

"I don't see any diminishing of performance or priorities," retired Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen said of BP's decision to replace current Chief Executive Tony Hayward with Bob Dudley, who has served as the company's top spill executive.