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Solyndra CEO Resigns

Brian Harrison considered leaving before bankruptcy filing: company

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 13, 2011 2:10 PM CDT

(AP) – The CEO of the solar energy company that sought bankruptcy protection after receiving a $528 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration has resigned. Solyndra said in papers filed in Delaware bankruptcy court today that Brian Harrison resigned last Friday. Harrison's resignation was contemplated even before the company sought bankruptcy protection, the firm said. Solyndra's filing was in response to a Justice Department motion to appoint a trustee to oversee the bankruptcy case.

Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison appears before the the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Sept. 23 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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beckjr2000

Oct 19, 2011 8:59 AM CDT

Let me guess! The Obama Administration has offered Brian Harrison a job in the Justice Department? That would be fitting.

n230099

Oct 13, 2011 5:19 PM CDT

Tom Lantos' excoriating of Craig Livingstone comes to mind here.

Barack_Must_Go

Oct 13, 2011 5:17 PM CDT

Imagine if we could find that fly on the wa.... Obama's mouth back in that back room Solyndra meeting where he, for the 347th time, ordered his co conspirators to _____ the " real " American taxpayer and make his campaign bundler/investors whole whe the him hits the fan.

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