Official: Fla.'s Fugate is Obama's choice for FEMA

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

(03-04) 09:52 PST Tallahassee, Fla. (AP) --

President Barack Obama plans to name Florida's state emergency director Craig Fugate to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an official familiar with the appointment said Wednesday.

Fugate has served as director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management since 2001, when he was tapped by former Gov. Jeb Bush. He was retained by current Gov. Charlie Crist. Both governors are Republicans.

Fugate previously served as the agency's assistant director for nearly five years. Fugate has been praised for his efforts steering Florida through numerous hurricanes in the past decade.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/04/national/a094139S24.DTL

[HopeHoops]

1. OKAY - I'm afraid to ask how Fugate pronounces his name.

[Ian David]

3. Maybe it's pronounced the same way as Phucket, Thailand? n/t

[HopeHoops]

7. Yeah, that was my fear.

[mikelgb]

8. poo-keht?

my guess is "few-get"

[libnnc]

9. the Fugates I went to school with pronounced

their name "few-gate"

could be a different bunch, I dunno

[Ian David]

2. Did he pick him because you can't have a scandal called FugateGate? n/t

[4lbs]

4. So... he picked someone who has a long history and lots of experience dealing with natural disasters

to be the head of FEMA?

Couldn't President Obama have found some dude at a local race track instead?

;)

[marshall]

5. And hopefully he has a long history of NOT having any tax problems

Please, dear god in heaven, please.

[mvd]

6. K&R - more much needed change

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