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Confederacy of Dunces
Elliston, Jon | September 26, 2005 issue

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Offers a look at the weaknesses in federal emergency programs in the United States, as exposed after Hurricane Katrina. Lack of power held by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after the President George W. Bush administration allowed it to be swallowed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); Report that FEMA's natural disaster funding was channeled to antiterrorism programs; Report that Bush appointed two FEMA directors with no substantive experience in disaster management; Decline of employee morale at FEMA under the DHS.

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UNITED States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; UNITED States. Dept. of Homeland Security; EMERGENCY management; CRISIS management; DISASTERS; NATURAL disasters; HURRICANE Katrina, 2005; UNITED States
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