FEMA head removed as storm relief manager
9th Sep 2005, 19:25 GMT
Coast Guard official takes over on-site efforts amid criticism on response; Brown says press made him scapegoat; Chertoff: 'I appreciate his work' WASHINGTON -- Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being relieved of his command of the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina on-site relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today.
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