http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/03/12/president-speaks-on-fema/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/03/12/president-speaks-on-fema/comment-page-1/#comment-134888 Fight over FEMA begins to fulminate | Homeland Security Watch Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:31:21 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=2121#comment-134888 [...] Homeland Security community is divided on the issue of FEMA independence.   The Obama campaign was also divided on the issue.  Yesterday, a recent FEMA senior official editorialized, “The post-Hurricane [...] [...] Homeland Security community is divided on the issue of FEMA independence.   The Obama campaign was also divided on the issue.  Yesterday, a recent FEMA senior official editorialized, “The post-Hurricane [...]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2009/03/12/president-speaks-on-fema/comment-page-1/#comment-134562 William R. Cumming Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:35:23 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=2121#comment-134562 It would be great if rather than a FEMA in or out discussion the President would decide the role of DHS and FEMA in domestic civil crisis response and a domestic chain of command. This has never been done by a President and about time. After all the President is Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces but he is also the Chief Executive of the civil government. Let's keep military intervention as a last resort. It would be great if rather than a FEMA in or out discussion the President would decide the role of DHS and FEMA in domestic civil crisis response and a domestic chain of command. This has never been done by a President and about time. After all the President is Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces but he is also the Chief Executive of the civil government. Let’s keep military intervention as a last resort.

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