Bush Choice To Head Oversease Emergency Agency? Fmr. MD Campaign Chair

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WASHINGTON — Less than a month after the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency stepped down amid accusations of cronyism and incompetence, the Bush administration is being assailed for nominating another political ally to head a key agency for responding to foreign disasters. One leading international relief group is publicly opposing the appointment of Ellen Sauerbrey to the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and others have expressed private concerns over her lack of experience in emergency response work.

Sauerbrey, a former member of the Republican National Committee who was Bush's Maryland state campaign chairwoman in 2000, is the U.S. representative to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. If confirmed by the Senate, which has not set a date for a hearing, Sauerbrey would head an agency with a $700-million annual budget that has responsibility for coordinating the U.S. government's response to refugee crises during natural disasters and wars.

The bureau coordinates with private and international organizations, such as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to help set up refugee camps and to ensure sufficient food and other aid. It has helped confront refugee crises around the globe, including in war-torn Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as in southern Asia after the December tsunami.

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Sauerbrey's nomination came Aug. 31, two days after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-refugee1oct01,0,3602588.story?coll=la-home-nation

[annabanana]

1. a disaster in the making...

Insanity has been described as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result....

Clearly, the administration WANTS to be seen as the author of catastrophe, complete with starving, suffering masses pleading for help.

(Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. - matthew 25:40)



Stupid, venal crooks..

[Starbucks Anarchist]

2. At least he didn't pick Bolton, Hughes or Rove.

Like Bill Maher said, "Does Bush know more than three people?"

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Sauerbrey is even more batshit crazy

She is a viper. She ran for governor here (Maryland) a few cycles back and she was nothing but vile spewing. She is a typical right wing nutjob, but with real venom that stings. She is a mean spirited, descpicable woman.

[marketsquareguy]

4. You're right

I remember that, She was a first class wingnut.

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