President Bush to nominate R. David Paulison as new FEMA chief

The White House ^ | April 6, 2006

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Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate four individuals and appoint three individuals to serve in his Administration:

The President intends to nominate John A. Cloud, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Lithuania. Mr. Cloud, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission in Berlin, Germany. Prior to this, he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economics for the National Security Council. Earlier in his career, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Cloud received his bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut and his master's degree from The George Washington University.

The President intends to nominate Lurita Alexis Doan, of Virginia, to be Administrator of General Services. Ms. Doan most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Technology Management, Inc., a surveillance technology company that she founded in 1990. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the General Services Administration's Circle of Excellence Award, as well as the Award for Entrepreneurial Innovation from the Department of Commerce. Earlier in her career, Ms. Doan was an instructor at Southeastern Louisiana University. She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her master's degree from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

The President intends to nominate R. David Paulison, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management at the Department of Homeland Security. This position was previously titled Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response. Mr. Paulison currently serves as Acting Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to this, he served as Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. During this time, he was also Director for Preparedness within the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He previously served as Fire Chief for the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, where he began his career as a rescue fire-fighter in 1971. Mr. Paulison received his bachelor's degree from Florida Atlantic University.

The President intends to nominate John Clint Williamson, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues. Mr. Williamson currently serves as Director for Stability Operations for the National Security Council. Prior to this, he served as Senior Advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Justice. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of the Department of Justice for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo and also as a prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia in The Hague, The Netherlands. Mr. Williamson received his bachelor's degree from Louisiana Tech University and his JD from Tulane University.

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, for the Life of the Commission:

Raymond Richard Geddes, of New York
Stephen Odland, of Florida
Mary E. Peters, of Arizona

[joesnuffy]

The Duct Tape Guys

Likely Required Reading At Nuveau la Fema

[Digger]

Finally we all can sleep tonight knowing our government is protecting us. (Sigh) ..and Islam is a religion of peace.

[CowboyJay]

"a career member of the Senior Foreign Service"

Yeah... just the kind of guy we need running FEMA. No experience in Emergency Management of any type. Paulison's a good pick, but which box of Cracker-Jacks did he pull Cloud out of?

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which box of Cracker-Jacks did he pull Cloud out of?

I don't know, but I like the title - "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America". Great work if you can get it.

[Free Baptist]

I don't like FEMA at all!

But if we are going to continue to have FEMA, and if we are going to debate "career member[s] of the Senior Foreign Service" versus other type of nominees, I would recommend the reading of THE MODERN AMBASSADOR, THE CHALLENGE AND THE SEARCH, edited by Martin F. Hertz, published by Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Career foreign service (the operative word is "career") people are pretty sharp types, and usually much less political than non-career appointees, at least in the diplomatic corps. I'm talking about the kind that have been educated from their college entry days in foreign service, and have worked in diplomatic posts by virtue of their education plus acquired experience in various U.S. embassies and consulates. These are usually less political than those that get appointed to some ambassadorial post because they did some favor for a presidential campaign or something

Let's find out more about this person to see if this has been the case in his background.

[newcthem]

Damn........I was hoping Bush would nominate me.......I doubt if I could waste as much money as these guys but I would sure be willing to try.