FEMA during the Clinton administration was run by James Lee Witt,
an experienced and long term disaster management specialist (and I
believe the first person to run FEMA who had a serious background
in that area). It's not surprising that he did it well.
FEMA until very recently was run by a Bush crony who couldn't even
control a horse show properly. A poor appointment led to poor
results.
In many ways, Bush only had to employ competent people to get these
things running properly, but instead he filled these groups with
political cronys and old college buddies.
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