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To: tejek who wrote (3088)	9/2/2005 1:03:24 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (2) of 26005

Dec 26, 2004: Guiding Disaster Aid In Post-Sept. 11 Era EXCERPT: James Lee Witt, who ran Arkansas's emergency response office and then took over FEMA in the Clinton administration, urged Congress to keep FEMA independent. "I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared," he testified in March. "They are suffering the impact of dealing with a behemoth federal department, rather than the small agile independent agency that coordinates federal response effectively and efficiently and understands the needs of its local and state partners." When Witt was director, the job was elevated to Cabinet level. But Brown is an undersecretary in the sprawling new department, which includes 22 agencies. washingtonpost.com Hurricane Andrew was the last major FEMA fiasco - under GHW Bush. I don't think the Bushes understand the federal role in disaster relief ... and people are dying.

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