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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I'm almost sure it didn't go to the White House.
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We've got to give good effort but also do the right thing.
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Today I resigned as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, ... As I told the president, it is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA.
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Having a moon is just inherently cool, and is something that most self-respecting planets have.
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He's a very busy person and that has always concerned me, that his schedule and his activities were very heavy.
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He was acting irrationally. He was acting in a rage, an explosive rage.
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He liked to get into a lot of stuff. When I think about him, I think of his smile and his hair.
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If the data suggests we need to go further, we will.
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I find it a little disingenuous. For them to claim that we didn't have awareness of it is just baloney.
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I can't emphasize enough to viewers how serious FEMA is taking this storm. We've done a lot of planning for a hurricane striking New Orleans because of New Orleans lying below sea level.
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I can tell you everyone involved in that videotape and in my conversations with the president and with the chief of staff, our concern was always the breach of the levees.
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Given that these two businesses have very different financial models and compete in different market environments, they represent two distinct investment opportunities for shareholders,
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I am having a horrible time. I can't get a unified command established.
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This was a catastrophic disaster, and in very disaster, there are mistakes, and it's not always smooth and pretty.