Katrina...No One Was In Charge...

Associated Press LARA JAKES JORDAN February 10, 2006 at 10:30 AM
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Decisions and policies by the parent Department of Homeland Security doomed FEMA to "a path to failure" that led to the government's slow response to Hurricane Katrina, former disaster chief Michael Brown said Friday.

Brown, who quit under fire as chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency just days after the Aug. 29 storm devastated much of the Gulf Coast area, said that FEMA's mission was marginalized when it was swallowed by the newly created Homeland Security agency. The department had terrorism prevention, not disaster response, as its top priority, Brown noted.

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