West Virginia Mine Disaster

Dana Ritter

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Any moment now, President Obama will address the Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House.  He'll begin by making remarks about the mining disaster that killed 25 miners in West Virginia yesterday.

Last night, the President called West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin.  Here's the readout of that call last night:
 
At approximately 8:00 pm this evening, the President spoke with West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin. President Obama offered his deepest condolences to the those who lost loved ones earlier today in the tragic incident. The President told Governor Manchin that the federal government stands ready to offer whatever assistance is needed in this rescue effort.

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Dana
Ritter

Dana Brown Ritter is the Washington, DC Bureau Chief for CBN News. She leads the DC team in coverage of the White House, Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and other big stories in Washington, as they come up. Prior to returning to CBN News as DC Bureau Chief, Dana was the News Director at WBTW-TV, the CBS affiliate in Myrtle Beach, SC. She's been an Executive Producer at WAVY-TV in the Norfolk-Virginia Beach area, WTAE in Pittsburgh, and a producer at the DC Bureau for Hearst Television. Dana previously worked at CBN News as White House Producer and was the Executive Producer of "The Brody File