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To: SisterK
I do believe that FEMA is subordinate to Homeland Security, as is Dept. of Agriculture (that is a very big department)

FEMA is, Ag isn't.

Ag is big though. It runs the foodstamp program. Foodstamps were originally justified as a way to deal with surplus agricultural production.

One clue to subservience level is the term "Department" which generally indicates a cabinet level agency, with the exception of the military branches, which are "Departments" under the Department of Defense (and that mainly as a carry over from when the Department of the Army and Department of the Navy really were independent departments). Under departments are usually agencies, adminstrations, or bureaus. For example, Federal Bureau of Invesitagion, Drug Enforcment Agency, and Bureau of Alchol Tobacco, Firearms, and Exlosives, all under the Justice Department.

The Secreary of Agriculture is Tom Vilsack. Here is the org chart for the Department of Homeland Security.

As you can see, agriculture isn't there, and Ag has it's own departmental web page.

216 posted on 02/22/2009 10:51:50 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato

Thank you for the clarification and the chart. I wonder why I had it stuck in my head that the Dept of Agriculture fell under Homeland Security? Initially did Homeland Security entertain absorbing the Department of Agriculture?


217 posted on 02/22/2009 6:12:26 PM PST by SisterK (building an underground economy one brick at a time)
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