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The Other Essential Reform Joe Lieberman Is Blocking

Kelly Caldwell | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Craig Fugate, Susan Collins, Fema, Joe Lieberman, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Kelly Caldwell

Not only has Sen. Joe Lieberman been working overtime to smother health reform, he's parked himself squarely in the path of another badly-needed, long-awaited change: FEMA.

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Put Kids on Obama's New Orleans Tour

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Craig Fugate, Natural Disasters, Fema, Disaster Relief, President Obama, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama, Politics News
Mark Shriver

Katrina affected everybody in New Orleans, but the long term effects of days in crowded shelters, months of homelessness, and years of changing schools have proved especially destructive to children.

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David Vitter Agrees To Lift Hold On FEMA Nominee

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Emergency Management Agency, White House, Fema, Craig Fugate, Vitter, David Vitter, Senator David Vitter, Fugate, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed President Barack Obama's pick to head the nation's emergency management agency Tuesday after a Louisiana Repub...

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Vitter's FEMA Block Just "Political Posturing": Gibbs

The Hill | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Fugate, Fema Director, Fema, Craig Fugate FEMA, David Vitter, Sen. David Vitter, Politics News

With the start of hurricane season just around the corner, the White House did not mince words Wednesday in blasting Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) for pla...

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Craig Fugate, FEMA Nominee, Blocked By David Vitter

McClatchy | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

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A Louisiana senator is stalling Florida emergency management director Craig Fugate's nomination as head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ....

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Giving FEMA the Green Light

Kelly Caldwell | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Disaster Preparedness, Craig Fugate, Fema, Florida Floods, Disaster Relief, North Dakota Floods, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Natural Disasters, Politics News
Kelly Caldwell

It is not enough to either sit by and hope that each president makes disaster-recovery a priority, or to spread urban legends designed to make FEMA as popular as Guantanamo Bay.

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Craig Fugate: Obama's FEMA Director

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN and BRENT KALLESTAD | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Craig Fugate, Craig Fugate FEMA, Fema, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Florida's Division of Emergency Management, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Federal Emergency and Management Administration, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday tapped Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ...

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'Boomerang' Fay gains strength over Florida

AP | MATT SEDENSKY | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

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NAPLES, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without much fanfare, but stubbornly hung around like an unwe...

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Tropical Storm Fay Closes In On Florida Keys

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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KEY WEST, Fla. — Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents took a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropi...

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What storm? Keys take Tropical Storm Fay in stride

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

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KEY WEST, Fla. — Two years since a hurricane last lashed at Florida, many residents took a wait-and-see attitude Monday as a strengthening Tropi...

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