FEMA Director: Fugate's Nomination on Hold

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May 02, 2009

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Will politics never change? Another blow to mitigation, or so it seems. It is the same old, "we want to build wherever we want" and "have you the Feds bail us out when bad things happen so we can re-build again...in a hazard zone."

See Amanda Ripley's blog posting: FEMA Nominee Blocked by Senator

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