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Mike Brown, FEMA Director resigns
Reuters ^ | 9/13/05 | pawpah

Posted on 09/12/2005 12:46:36 PM PDT by pahpaw

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The embattled director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown, is resigning, a senior homeland security official said on Monday.

Under fire for a slow response to Hurricane Katrina, Brown was pulled out of the Gulf Coast operations on Friday and recalled to Washington. President George W. Bush has been under pressure from Democrats to fire him.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Technical; US: Louisiana; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fema; michaelbrown
As if he had a choice.
1 posted on 09/12/2005 12:46:38 PM PDT by pahpaw
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To: pahpaw

another thread..


2 posted on 09/12/2005 12:53:22 PM PDT by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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To: pahpaw
I would like to see Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin to follow the suit.
3 posted on 09/12/2005 12:57:04 PM PDT by alex
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I would like to see Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin to follow the suit.

Yes.

But they won't.

4 posted on 09/12/2005 12:59:39 PM PDT by tallhappy (Juntos Podemos!)
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To: pahpaw

scapegoat


5 posted on 09/12/2005 1:00:54 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: pahpaw

There's an even better discussion going on here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483021/posts


6 posted on 09/12/2005 1:01:42 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!)
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To: ElkGroveDan
help, i'm stuck in a link loop..
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7 posted on 09/12/2005 1:04:04 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: ElkGroveDan

Very funny McGee


8 posted on 09/12/2005 1:05:05 PM PDT by el_texicano (Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots)
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To: tomkat
(don't post after nap until coffee)
9 posted on 09/12/2005 1:05:42 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: pahpaw

when will Blanco resign?


10 posted on 09/12/2005 1:07:10 PM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for strippers and liberal spin.)
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when will Blanco resign?

An eternity after the world ends?

11 posted on 09/12/2005 1:09:53 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: fhlh

And how does this improve the plight of the flood victims?/


12 posted on 09/12/2005 1:10:10 PM PDT by The Worthless Miracle
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To: pahpaw

How many conservatives called for his head?

I saw Michelle Malkin, Bob Novak, Bill Kristol, I believe, definitely others I can't remember.

The negative stories were dribbling out - his resume was padded, he left his last job "involuntarily,"....There's no way he could ever be effective again(if he ever was) and he would have continued to be a big liability for Bush...

Isn't it a mistake to have a political appointee without relevant experience in a role like this? Put them on some commisssion, make them Ambassador to Grenada or Monaco, fine...But not at Homeland Security or FEMA, not after 9/11! That should have been clear. I hope Bush quietly moves out all the other political hacks from any job involving national security or life-and-death decisions...


13 posted on 09/12/2005 1:35:02 PM PDT by jedweber
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To: The Worthless Miracle

Are you asking how the Brown resignation helps the situation????? (it doesn't) or How a Blanco resignation would pretty much help EVERYONE?


14 posted on 09/12/2005 3:22:07 PM PDT by fhlh (Polls are for strippers and liberal spin.)
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To: jedweber
I saw Michelle Malkin, Bob Novak, Bill Kristol, I believe, definitely others I can't remember.

I think Rich Lowery

15 posted on 09/12/2005 6:50:58 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (I stand by my next post)
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