From CNN: FEMA Director Brown resigns.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Mike Brown resigned Monday after coming under fire over his qualifications and for what critics call a bungled response to Hurricane Katrina.Posted by Forkum at September 12, 2005 05:03 PM"Today I resigned as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency," Brown said in a news release.
"As I told the president, it is important that I leave now to avoid further distraction from the ongoing mission of FEMA."
David Paulison, a 30-year veteran of fire rescue work, was named acting director by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
Brown's resignation came three days after Chertoff recalled Brown to Washington and replaced him as the point main for Katrina relief efforts.
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