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FEMA Chief Relieved Of His Hurricane Duties
AP ^ | 9-9-05 | LARA JAKES JORDAN

Posted on 09/09/2005 10:35:01 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, The Associated Press has learned.

Brown is being sent back to Washington from Baton Rouge, where he was the primary official overseeing the federal government's response to the disaster, according to two federal officials who declined to be identified before the announcement.

Brown will be replaced by Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, who was overseeing New Orleans relief and rescue efforts....."

(Excerpt) Read more at katu.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: fema; katrina; michaelbrown; paddedresume
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Also heard this on FoxNews and at the ABC.com site.
1 posted on 09/09/2005 10:35:02 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

I read it on FR.

:>)


2 posted on 09/09/2005 10:36:34 AM PDT by Syncro
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Hmm...


3 posted on 09/09/2005 10:36:40 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Sigh. A drop of blood in the water. The sharks are inbound en masse.


4 posted on 09/09/2005 10:36:53 AM PDT by dinasour (Pajamahadeen)
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To: Anti-Bubba182; All

Not totally surprised at thid development.

Rightly or wrongly, it was coming.

The next question to ask is: Will he continue to remain head of FEMA down the road?

Opinions anyone?


5 posted on 09/09/2005 10:37:08 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Other thread was pulled.

I will be pissed if Brown is forced to leave. The stupid LA mayor and brainless LA gov need the boot though.

Brown did a great job with all the other recent disasters...he served under Allbaugh, didn't he? Where the heck is that experience in the media reports?

GWB: Keep Brown as FEMA head. Don't allow the stupid demodimwits to deflect the blame OR rearrange your administration appointments which they keep wanting to do.


6 posted on 09/09/2005 10:37:18 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo
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My opinion? Good riddance. He wasn't qualified.


7 posted on 09/09/2005 10:38:03 AM PDT by oolatec
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To: Anti-Bubba182
FEMA is a multitasking agency and there are other disasters to plan for.
8 posted on 09/09/2005 10:38:11 AM PDT by Just mythoughts
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They've got a terrific fellow to replace him in the hurricane area:
http://www.rh.edu/news/news03/commencement03/vadmbio.html


9 posted on 09/09/2005 10:38:47 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
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To: oolatec

Is anyone really qualified for a disaster like this?


10 posted on 09/09/2005 10:39:05 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Looks like VADM Allen is taking charge.


11 posted on 09/09/2005 10:39:12 AM PDT by Terabitten (God grant me the strength to live a life worthy of those who have gone before me.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Pray for the USCG Admiral. He will be the next target.


12 posted on 09/09/2005 10:39:21 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: MplsSteve
I'm thinking sacrificial lamb.  I'm not totally convinced this was warranted, but it's no surprise.
13 posted on 09/09/2005 10:39:29 AM PDT by softwarecreator (Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
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To: MplsSteve

I think Michael Brown is an attorney. He'll probably go back to the private sector. He'll write a book in about three years imo. Everybody writes "their story" at some point.


14 posted on 09/09/2005 10:39:37 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org Daily Newsfeeds & Weekly Update)
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To: MplsSteve
Opinions anyone?

If the Times report is accurate, and I am not assuming it is yet, I want him fired. I help pay his salary and I would be offended by his falsehoods.

15 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:03 AM PDT by Glenn (What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
One down. Two to go:

Mike Brown
Kathleen Blanco
Ray Nagin

16 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:09 AM PDT by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: MizSterious

I think they just named the CS Admiral to head the FEMA operation in the region.


17 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:24 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org Daily Newsfeeds & Weekly Update)
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To: SE Mom

Yes, but with these 'Rats, all it will take is one tiny thing in his past before he's the next target. Hope he never dunked little Janie's pigtail into the inkwell.


18 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:26 AM PDT by MizSterious (Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
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To: MplsSteve
I don't know about his staying. The discrepancies on his resume may be the kiss of death. It give the administration a pretext to get rid of him since he has become a lightining rod for what went wrong in the relief efforts.
19 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:34 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182; Flyer; Eaker; humblegunner; thackney

This is being spun by the MSM as a "firing"...

"Adm. Thad's" got the bubble now...And thats ok...

This is much to do about nothing...

But thats just my opinion...


20 posted on 09/09/2005 10:40:49 AM PDT by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans)
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