FEMA head relieved of duties
{{date|September  10, 2005}}
[[Image:Thad Allen.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Thad Allen]]
The [[U.S.]] Secretary of {{w|United States Department of Homeland Security|Homeland Security}}, {{w|Michael Chertoff}}, announced from {{w|Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge}}, [[Louisiana]] on Friday that {{w|United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard}} Vice Admiral {{w|Thad W. Allen}} will replace the  {{w|FEMA|Federal Emergency Management Agency}} (FEMA) director {{w|Michael D. Brown}} as the Principal Federal Official (PFO) for the recovery effort; however, Mr. Brown will continue as the Director of FEMA.

Admiral Allen was given the assignment of special deputy to Mr. Brown earlier this week. Secretary Chertoff now describes Allen as, "the Principal Federal Official overseeing the Hurricane Katrina response and recovery effort in the field." 

Mr. Brown, who came under intense pressure for government failures to provide timely assistance to disaster victims of {{w|Hurricane Katrina}}, was ordered back to {{w|Washington D.C.|Washington}} and relieved of his duties in the {{w|Gulf States (US)|Gulf States}}. His immediate FEMA role now will be for its national administration. The personnel change results in FEMA's local effort now being headed-up by military leadership, instead of civilian. However, Admiral Allen's Deputy (the number two federal offiicial in the field) is a civilian.
 
The Coast Guard came under the homeland's security umbrella in 2003. Allen, a career Coast Guard officer, was in charge of its Atlantic forces fleet during the terrorist {{w|September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11}} attack in New York City in 2001. 
[[Image:Michael Chertoff, official DHS photo portrait, 2005.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Michael Chertoff ]] 
Mr. Brown, who was hailed last week by {{w|George W. Bush|President Bush}}, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," was nominated by Bush himself to head FEMA in 2003. Recent allegations that credentials Brown listed on his resume prior to employment at FEMA, which began in 2001, that said he worked in emergency services for the city of {{w|Edmond, Oklahoma|Edmond}}, [[Oklahoma|OK]] from 1975 to 1978, along with being awarded "Outstanding Political Science Professor" at the Central State University in Oklahoma, both have come under fire in a report by ''{{w|TIME  magazine|TIME}}'' magazine two days ago. Critics question how thorough the White House was in its vetting Brown for the FEMA assignment.

When commenting about Mr. Brown last Friday, Senator {{w|Mary L. Landrieu}}, who spent more than a week in the hurricane struck area, said "I have been telling him from the moment he arrived about the urgency of the situation" and "I just have to tell you that he had a difficult time understanding the enormity of the task before us."
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== Sources ==
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|title=FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties
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|date=September 9, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4638
|title=Federal Failure in New Orleans
|author=Doug Bandow 
|pub=CATO Institute
|date=September 8, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2005/09/09/fema-directoras-resume-_n_7068.html
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|author= Daren Fonda, Rita Healy
|pub=Huffington Post
|date= September 9, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/national/nationalspecial/10crisis.html
|title=Casualty of Firestorm: Outrage, Bush and FEMA Chief
|author=Elisabeth Bumiller
|pub=nytimes.com
|date= September 10, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/national/nationalspecial/10capital.html?hp&ex=1126411200&en=56558016fee121fc&ei=5094&partner=homepage 
|title=Director of FEMA Stripped of Role as Relief Leader
|author=Richard W. Stevenson and Anne E. Kornblut
|pub=The New York Times
|date=September 10, 2005}}

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Thad Allen
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Friday that Coast Guard Vice Admiral FEMA|Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director  as the Principal Federal Official (PFO) for the recovery effort; however, Mr. Brown will continue as the Director of FEMA.

Admiral Allen was given the assignment of special deputy to Mr. Brown earlier this week. Secretary Chertoff now describes Allen as, "the Principal Federal Official overseeing the Hurricane Katrina response and recovery effort in the field." 

Mr. Brown, who came under intense pressure for government failures to provide timely assistance to disaster victims of Washington D.C.|Washington and relieved of his duties in the Gulf States. His immediate FEMA role now will be for its national administration. The personnel change results in FEMA's local effort now being headed-up by military leadership, instead of civilian. However, Admiral Allen's Deputy (the number two federal offiicial in the field) is a civilian.
 
The Coast Guard came under the homeland's security umbrella in 2003. Allen, a career Coast Guard officer, was in charge of its Atlantic forces fleet during the terrorist 9/11 attack in New York City in 2001. 
Michael Chertoff  
Mr. Brown, who was hailed last week by President Bush, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job," was nominated by Bush himself to head FEMA in 2003. Recent allegations that credentials Brown listed on his resume prior to employment at FEMA, which began in 2001, that said he worked in emergency services for the city of Edmond, OK from 1975 to 1978, along with being awarded "Outstanding Political Science Professor" at the Central State University in Oklahoma, both have come under fire in a report by TIME magazine two days ago. Critics question how thorough the White House was in its vetting Brown for the FEMA assignment.

When commenting about Mr. Brown last Friday, Senator , who spent more than a week in the hurricane struck area, said "I have been telling him from the moment he arrived about the urgency of the situation" and "I just have to tell you that he had a difficult time understanding the enormity of the task before us."

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