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				| Topic | National Response Plan | 
			 
				| Content | As directed by President Bush, the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) has written a new National Response Plan (in secret). According to some who have seen the plan, DHS will hold state and local governments responsible for the immediate response to natural and/or terrorist-caused disasters. The DHS objective is to shift any blame for failures away from the federal government.  All this is in response to documented federal failures to effectively respond to 9/11 and Katrina disasters.  Rather than seek solutions, DHS (under Bush) seeks  a way to "shift" the blame when the federal goverment again fails in its disaster response efforts.  Oklahoma needs to prepare to counter this "blame-game."   | 
			 
		 
	 
             
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