Michael Brown
Michael Brown
Former administrator of FEMA who resigned from his position after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Many americans blamed him for the slow response to help those in New Orleans in the aftermath of the deadly hurricane.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 November 1954
CityGuymon, OK
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Brian, it's an absolutely fair question... The federal government just learned about those people today.
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Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
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We can take care of our own people, ... and we're going to do that. I understand their frustration. I understand these people are suffering, and I'm telling you we're doing absolutely everything we can to make sure we take care of them.
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I am having a horrible time. I can't get a unified command established.
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Mike will be working across a number of programs within Australian cricket with his area of expertise in fielding and throwing.
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meeting the needs as they are communicated to us.
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My first words to him were, 'Mr. President, it is my estimation ... at least 90 percent of the population of New Orleans has been displaced. He was truly taken aback by that.
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No. No. I'm still the director of FEMA.
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I was still worried about it, because I knew what the potential was. But I think the president was speaking honestly at that point that he didn't really anticipate that they would be breached because of all this conflicting information.
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I was screaming, telling him, don't die, and that I'm sorry.
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I was surprised by the comments made by Sean Davis. To be accused of deliberately going into a challenge in an attempt to cause damage is absolutely sickening.
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