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| Acting FEMA administrator out after pushing back against Trump agency plans | |
| 2025-05-09 | |
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is no longer with the agency — just a day after telling lawmakers that cutting FEMA, as President Donald Trump has proposed, is a bad move. Cameron Hamilton, who previously served as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy with SEAL Team 8, has led FEMA since January. "Effective today, David Richardson is now serving as the Senior Official Performing the duties of the FEMA Administrator," a FEMA spokesperson said in a Thursday email to Fox News Digital. "Cameron Hamilton is no longer serving in this capacity." Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Troy Edgar and Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski requested Hamilton appear at Homeland Security headquarters on Thursday morning and informed him of his ouster, Politico reported. Related: Cameron Hamilton 04/06/2025 Homeland Security to Switch [FEMA] Migrant Housing Funds to Deportation Cameron Hamilton 03/11/2025 3 more FEMA workers fired after investigation into skipped homes with Trump signs after Hurricane Milton Cameron Hamilton 02/12/2025 FEMA employees fired over ''egregious'' payment for NYC migrants | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Let the states handle it. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2025-05-09 17:22 |
| #5 #3 what governors need from the National Guard are military police, engineers, transportation, and medical units but those are generally in the Army Reserve force structure. The NG force structure is largely combat units. It's great for tradition and history, but not functionality. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-05-09 10:39 |
| #4 Before FEMA the national agency responsible was DoD. They were happy to unload the mission that didn't come with funding. FEMA became what the Postal Service was before it was spun off as 'semi-independent', a place for political patronage. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-05-09 10:35 |
| #3 ^ state National Guard at governor's discretion |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-09 08:29 |
| #2 Kinda split on this. FEMA serves a much-needed purpose, but has been politically corrupted and hijacked. But, how to eliminate the Politics and insure FAST unbiased emergency support for US Citizens. While tracking how issues are handled and every penny is spent, in a way that the general-public see is a must. Eg Western North Carolina and the FEMA workers refusing help / assistance to homes and persons with MAGA/Trump signage.. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-05-09 08:19 |
| #1 FBI Director Patel waffles on administration’s proposed billion dollar budget cuts FBI Director Kash Patel told lawmakers Wednesday that a White House proposal to cut the agency’s budget was $1 billion short – but then he walked the statement back on Thursday. Somebody got a tune-up. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-09 08:18 |