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I disagree. FEMA worked very well under James Lee Witt, and also pretty decent under Julius Becton. The agency provided a great deal of aid during hurricanes Floyd, David, and Hugo.
The big difference then? FEMA was an independent agency. Now it's under the auspices of Homeland Security.
I do agree in one respect, Homeland's first change to FEMA was to add 50% more government beauracracy that it didn't need. I'm not sure why this administration thought that was a good idea.
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