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More FEMA shakeups

September 15th, 2005
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"More FEMA bigs are bailing out" informs us that:
Daniel Craig is leaving. He was recovery division director.
Edward Buikema is returning to Region 5 director in Chicago. He was acting director of the response division.
Patrick Rhode, deputy director, might resign. He wouldn't comment.
Craig told staffers he expects to testify at congressional hearings probing why FEMA's response […]

WaPo: FEMA leaders "lacking disaster experience"

September 9th, 2005
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From this WaPo article:
Five of eight top Federal Emergency Management Agency officials came to their posts with virtually no experience in handling disasters and now lead an agency whose ranks of seasoned crisis managers have thinned dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
FEMA's top three leaders — Director Michael D. Brown, Chief of Staff Patrick […]