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Obama to Deliver Eulogy for West Virginia Miners, Pledge to Improve Safety
 
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President Obama will deliver a eulogy Sunday to honor the memories of the 29 workers who died in a West Virginia coal mine explosion earlier this month, while pledging to improve safety conditions in one of America's most dangerous professions. 
 


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April 12: A chaplain looks over a makeshift memorial for the 29 miners who died in Montcoal, W. Va.


President Obama will deliver a eulogy Sunday to honor the memories of the 29 workers who died in a West Virginia coal mine explosion earlier this month, while pledging to improve safety conditions in one of America's most dangerous professions. 
The president, returning from a brief vacation in Asheville, N.C., will meet privately with families who lost loved ones in the accident at the Upper Big Branch mine. He is traveling to Beckley, W.Va., in the heart of a region skeptical of his environmental and energy policies. 
According to the prepared remarks, Obama will use the tragedy as a call to action to improve mine safety. 
"We cannot bring back the 29 men we lost. They are with the Lord now. Our task, here on Earth, is to save lives from being lost in another such tragedy. To do what must be done, individually and collectively, to assure safe conditions underground," he plans to say. "To treat our miners the way they treat each other -- like family. For we are all family. We are Americans." 
While the president has ordered an investigation into the mine disaster, the speech Sunday will not be a policy speech. Much of it will focus on the contributions and lives of the miners who died. 

 

April 8: A florist delivers flowers for deceased coal miner Steven Harrah, 40, of Cool Ridge, W.Va.


 
 
Dozens of rescuers try to find missing miners after an explosion kills 25 workers Monday at an underground coal mine with a history of releasing vast amounts of highly combustible methane gas.
 


"All the hard work. All the hardship. All the time spent underground. It was all for their families. For a car in the driveway. For a roof overhead," he says. "These miners lived -- as they died -- in pursuit of the American dream." 
The afternoon memorial service also will include remarks from West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and Vice President Biden. 
In his remarks, Obama says letters poured into the White House after the April 5 disaster. 
"Postmarked from different places, they often begin the same way: 'I am proud to be from a family of miners,' 'I am the son of a coal miner,' 'I am proud to be a coal miner's daughter,"' Obama plans to say. 
"They ask me to keep our miners in my thoughts. Never forget, they say, miners keep America's lights on. Then, they make a simple plea: don't let this happen again." 
Lawmakers are moving forward with a review of industry safeguards. Obama has said safety improvements are needed. 
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


 ]]> 7@http://www.llerraj.com/home evolution 2010-04-25T10:04:01-04:00 Posted by Rjarrell http://www.llerraj.com/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5 April 15, 2010 by Ken Ward Jr.

 
President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet in a few hours in the Oval Office with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and MSHA chief Joe Main to get a preliminary report on the horrible explosion last week that killed 29 workers at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va.
According to a statement this morning from the White House, Obama will be told that the mine’s safety record prior to the explosion “was deeply troubling.” According to the statement:
… While there are many responsible companies, there are far too many mines where safety is inadequate.
Among other steps going forward, this morning the President will order MSHA to go back and take a look at those mines with troubling safety records. MSHA will deploy inspectors and enforcement officials immediately to those mines to ensure the conditions that led to this disaster are not present.
MSHA inspects all mines on a frequent and constant basis, and they will continue to do so.
Obama’s meeting with Solis and Main is closed to the press, but I’m told the President will deliver public remarks on mine safety issues after the meeting … so stay tuned.

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