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marika
Yeah, thanks for the message!
By now, we've got more on that whole issue, e.g.:
Sort of first steps
"WASHINGTON - Sent packing from hurricane duty three days ago, embattled FEMA chief Michael Brown quit the agency altogether yesterday, saying he didn't want the controversy dogging him to take away from FEMA's efforts.
The White House moved quickly to replace Brown with acting director David Paulison, a 30-year firefighting veteran who heads the U.S. Fire Administration - a pick that appeared designed to eliminate any question of whether Brown's immediate replacement had the sort of major emergency-management experience that Brown lacked.
Even with Brown's departure, several top management positions in FEMA remain filled with people who have Bush campaign experience but little or no emergency management experience. Both the No. 2 and No. 3 officials at FEMA, Acting Deputy Director Patrick Rhode and Acting Deputy Chief of Staff Brooks Altshuler, came to the agency with no disaster management experience but formerly worked on Bush's advance team. The new acting FEMA director, Paulison, has led the U.S. Fire Administration since December, 2001, according to his FEMA biography. Paulison served as chief of the Miami-Dade Country Fire Rescue Department, overseeing 1,900 personnel and a $200 million operating budget. Paulison was in the news in February 2003 for recommending that Americans stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting in case of a chemical attack."
Source (& see more there):
CU, Frank
-- www.haplif.de & www.haplif.de-61820.html
