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On 9 Sep 2005 02:46:38 -0700, "WillStG" <willstg@aol.com> wrote:
>Glenn Dowdy wrote:
>> "WillStG" <willstg@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1126195498.005048.121090@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >
>> > Kurt, doing a fair and thorough investigation of the response to
>> > the disaster will eat up resources that are desperately needed right
>> > now in dealing with the crisis.
>>
>> Could you say this sentence out loud and still keep a straight face? What
>> resources will be consumed in the investigation that would other be used to
>> provide aid to the needy?
>
> What, are you on crack? You want to recall everyone who works at
>FEMA to Washington so you can have a series of hearings on the matter?
No. Just Brownie.
OOPS! It looks like the administration has been reading my posts and
is now going to follow my advice. Thank goodness for R.A.P.!
Kurt Riemann
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FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties
Sep 09 2:24 PM US/Eastern
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being
relieved of his command of the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina
onsite relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
announced Friday.
He will be replaced by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, who was
overseeing New Orleans relief and rescue efforts, Chertoff said.
Earlier, Brown confirmed the switch. Asked if he was being made a
scapegoat for a federal relief effort that has drawn widespread and
sharp criticism, Brown told The Associated Press after a long pause:
"By the press, yes. By the president, No."
"Michael Brown has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the
federal response to this unprecedented challenge," Chertoff told
reporters in Baton Rouge, La. Chertoff sidestepped a question on
whether the move was the first step toward Brown's leaving FEMA.
But a source close to Brown, speaking on condition of anonymity, said
the FEMA director had been considering leaving after the hurricane
season ended in November and that Friday's action virtually assures
his departure.
Brown has been under fire because of the administration's slow
response to the magnitude of the hurricane. On Thursday, questions
were raised about whether he padded his resume to exaggerate his
previous emergency management background.
Less than an hour before Brown's removal came to light, White House
press secretary Scott McClellan said Brown had not resigned and the
president had not asked for his resignation.
Chertoff suggested the shift came as the Gulf Coast efforts were
entering "a new phase of the recovery operation." He said Brown would
return to Washington to oversee the government's response to other
potential disasters.
"I appreciate his work, as does everybody here," Chertoff said.
"I'm anxious to get back to D.C. to correct all the inaccuracies and
lies that are being said," Brown said in a telephone interview with
The Associated Press.
Asked if the move was a demotion, Brown said: "No. No. I'm still the
director of FEMA."
He said Chertoff made the decision to move him out of Louisiana. It
was not his own decision, Brown said.
"I'm going to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife and, maybe get a
good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep. And
then I'm going to go right back to FEMA and continue to do all I can
to help these victims," Brown said. "This story's not about me. This
story's about the worst disaster of the history of our country that
stretched every government to its limit and now we have to help these
victims."
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