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Article: FEMA director resigns amid criticism; Bush visits New Orleans.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2005
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Byline: Mark Silva and Paul Salopek
NEW ORLEANS _ Facing a torrent of criticism over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, Mike Brown resigned Monday as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and President Bush, while touring New Orleans, rejected charges that racism was to blame for problems with disaster relief.
As the Gulf Coast took further steps toward recovery, New Orleans police began using force to get the last holdout residents out of the city.
The resignation of FEMA's Brown caused little surprise, coming three days after the president relieved him of duties in the hurricane zone and sent him home. Named as acting ...