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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Command — WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being relieved of his command of the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina onsite relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Friday.
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FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties — Move follows controversy over Brown's qualifications, agency's response — WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, government sources said Friday.
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FEMA Director to Be Out Soon, Sources Say — Under Scrutiny, Mike Brown to Leave Post — Sept. 9, 2005 — Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, under criticism due to his management of Hurricane Katrina as well as reported discrepancies on his resume …
Shaun Waterman / Washington Times:
Cops trapped survivors in New Orleans — Police from surrounding jurisdictions shut down several access points to one of the only ways out of New Orleans last week, effectively trapping victims of Hurricane Katrina in the flooded and devastated city. — An eyewitness account …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:POLICE TRAPPED THOUSANDS IN NEW ORLEANS: This report from UPI seems …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Clueless Memorial Design, Take 2 — The designers of the Flight 93 memorial at the impact site unveiled their effort yesterday. In what seems to be a typical case of cluelessness among memorial designers, the site will prominently feature the religious symbol of the attackers themselves (via Michelle Malkin):
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Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE COST OF CRONYISM — It would be very wrong, I believe, to let the ignominious Michael Brown be the scapegoat for FEMA's sins. Check out this front-pager from the WaPo. Turns out that a raft of FEMA's top leaders have little or no emergency management experience …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
CRONYISM AT FEMA: … I have to say I agree with Rod Dreher, who writes: … Yes. It's not that these guys have campaign ties — it's that they don't seem to have anything else. What's sad is that if Bush were packing the NEH or NEA with people like that, there'd probably have been an outcry.
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Court Rules U.S. Can Indefinitely Detain Citizens — Ruling Comes in the Case of 'Enemy Combatant' Jose Padilla — A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority …
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Washington Post:
Head of Federal Katrina Relief Effort Replaced — Death Toll May Not Be as High as Originally Feared — Authorities in New Orleans today wrapped up a search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and launched a concerted operation to recover the bodies of people who perished in the flooding caused …
Dwight / DomeBlog:
DeLay to evacuees: 'Is this kind of fun?' — U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's visit to Reliant Park this morning offered him a glimpse of what it's like to be living in shelter. — While on the tour with top administration officials from Washington, including U.S. Secretary …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Party of Performance — In the aftermath of Katrina, there's an opening for a different kind of politics in America. The new politics isn't about values; it isn't about settling scores. It's about performance. It's about putting a wounded, shaken country back on its feet …
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Matthew Yglesias / TAPPED:STRANGE NEWT RESPECT. You may have noticed something of an outbreak …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, GUYS — Today is September 9, the first anniversary of "Rathergate." It was at 7:51 on the morning of Sept. 9, 2004, that Scott hit the "save" button on the original version of "The Sixty-First Minute," that discussed the 60 Minutes program on President Bush's National Guard service …
April Castro / Associated Press:
DeLay Organization Indicted in Texas — AUSTIN, Texas - A political organization formed by House Majority leader Tom DeLay and a prominent Texas business group face charges of taking illegal corporate money during the 2002 legislative campaigns. — DeLay, R-Texas, was not indicted …
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CNN:
Admiral takes over Katrina relief — FEMA chief recalled to Washington to prepare for future storms — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen will replace FEMA director Michael Brown as the on-site head of hurricane relief operations in the Gulf Coast, Homeland Security …
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Thomas / The Galvin Opinion:
FORGOTTEN NATIONAL TRAGEDY: BILL CLINTON AND 1,000 DEATHS IN THE "CHICAGO HEAT WAVE" OF 1995 — Hillary Clinton has called for a "Katrina Commission." How come she never called for a commission to investigate why at least 1,000 Americans died in a 1995 heat wave when her husband was president?
Tony Snow / Townhall.com:
The Over-Responders — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hurricane Katrina not only covered New Orleans in toxic goo, it also flushed out a large, vocal and potentially pestilential cadre of First Over-Responders. — Rep. Bob Wexler set the stage just minutes after the first levee burst by accusing President Bush of gross incompetence.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hughes Is Varnishing the Nation's Tarnish — The image of the United States has taken a beating over the past 10 days, as foreign television and newspapers show images of death, chaos and disease in New Orleans. Even lowly Bangladesh (per capita income: $400 a year) was moved to send $1 million in foreign aid.