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FEMA's Hurricane Ike show and tell
The Swampby Frank James Earlier, I posted on the Federal Emergency Management Agency getting flak from state and local officials in Texas for not getting food, water and other critical supplies to the Hurricane Ike evacuees and even first responders. FEMA,......Tags: Hurricane Ike (2008), Texas, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Relief and Aid Organizations
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FEMA bashed for Hurricane Ike response
The SwampHomeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talks with reporters about the federal response to Hurricane Ike at FEMA headquarters Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008. From left: FEMA Administrator David Paulison, Chertoff, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Joseph...Tags: Politics, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Michael Chertoff, Government
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Redistribution: McCain channels Drudge
Spin CycleJohn McCain, speaking in Dayton, has now adopted Drudge's story line of the day, criticizing Obama for a 2001 interview on public radio in Chicago in which he discussed the Supreme Court's hands-off approach toward incorporating "redistributive"...Tags: Politics, Karl Marx, Justice System, John McCain, Local Government
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Hillary: A final "Song of Myself"
Spin CycleSen. Clinton, as kind of a parting gift, spends taxpayer money on tasking someone to compile a 28-page compendium of her accomplishments titled, "Senator Clinton: Champion for New York." It's on her official Senate website. It resembles the kind......Tags: Walt Whitman, Hillary Clinton, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Long Island, Sports
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New Yorker: Short list for FEMA job?
Spin CycleNYC emergency operations commissioner Joseph Bruno (same name, different person from the retired and indicted Republican Senate majority leader) is apparently on the short list to become director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Obama --...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning, Joseph Bruno, Janet Napolitano, New York
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FEMA New Orleans office under scrutiny
The Swampby Mark Silva The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it is having a look at allegations of cronyism and other misdeeds at its hurricane recovery office in New Orleans. They are concerned about a "potentially hostile work environment.'' Officials...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), Government, Louisiana, National Government, Hurricane Preparedness
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Jindal's out-of-touch gov't-bashing
The Swampby Frank James Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana Republican, did a credible job giving his party's response to President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress. Delivering the response is always a difficult assignment since the president........Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina (2005), Disasters and Accidents, Government
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Obama's FEMA chief: Florida-seasoned
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Obama intends to nominate the head of Florida's emergency management office to lead FEMA, a post that came under national scrutiny in 2005 over what many said was the inept response to the damage inflicted by......Tags: Jeb Bush, Barack Obama, Republican Party, Disasters and Accidents, Emergency Planning
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DC Disaster talk: Rep. King has said leave FEMA in DHS
Spin CycleIn a move with potentially special impact for hurricane-prone Long Island, the Association of State Floodplain Managers called Friday for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be re-established as a freestanding entity that reports directly to the...Tags: Hurricane Katrina (2005), White House, Hurricane Preparedness, Hurricanes, Long Island
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FEMA's reputation still needs resuscitating
The Swampby Frank James Even with a change of administrations, FEMA still gets no respect. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was speaking to the International Association of Fire Fighters meeting in Washington today when she turned her discussion to...Tags: International Association of Fire Fighters, Defense, National Security
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Obama: Red River's call to service
The Swampby Mark Silva The Red River has risen again. And Dakotans and Minnesotans have risen to the occasion, President Barack Obama said today in a weekly address saluting a spirit of community service that arises at times of crisis such......Tags: Politics, Kent Conrad, Barack Obama, Emergency Incidents, Emergency Planning
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Altemus brings the Feds to town
Who's on Team Gloucester?In case you missed it, Teresa Altemus brought federal and state officials to town last week to talk about the Federal Emergency Management Agency's land acquisition program in Gloucester County. The $5.9 million program, administered locally, has resulted...Tags: Mark R. Warner, Emergency Planning, Disasters and Accidents, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Floods
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Mar 28, 2009
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