FEMA Press Secretary Resigns

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A staged news conference during the California wildfires last month claimed the job of a second Federal Emergency Management Agency press official, as a review of the incident revealed "a calamity of bad decision-making."

Aaron Walker, press secretary for FEMA, submitted his resignation to the administration's chief David Paulison Wednesday afternoon, according to a FEMA official. The official would not say whether Walker was asked to resign or did so voluntarily. His resignation becomes effective in early December.

The official said Walker and John "Pat" Philbin, who was FEMA's director of external affairs, bore the "greatest degree of responsibility for the planning and execution" of the news conference.

"They had the greatest ability to stop that train from going down the track, and they didn't," said the official.


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Looks like their new plan of action is painfully basic... PR 101!

Idiots.

and turn around and un-hire him on Tuesday?

He has plenty of time to lie his ass off at FEMA before he makes any changes... but nothing would surprise me.

nt

Bush could sure use Baghdad Bob about now.

So the greatest responsibility for this stunt lies with the underlings (and make no mistake, they should be gone and I'm glad for their being fired), not with the boss who stood in front of the cameras and pretended this whole thing was on the up-and-up?

Smells like bullshit to me.

or is this another guy?

Same song

Different verse

Simple is as simple does.