Bryson resigns as Commerce Secretary

Posted by admin on June 21st, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Commerce Secretary John Bryson, who has been under investigation for his role in two car crashes earlier this month, said on Thursday he was resigning to "prevent distractions" at the department he led for less than a year. "I have informed the President that I am resigning as Secretary of Commerce," Bryson said in a letter to Commerce Department employees. …