With the announcement earlier today of
General John Kelly (Ret.) as the designee for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, it would make sense to balance the two Marine Corps Generals with an Air Force one as the new FEMA Administrator. How about
General Lori J. Robinson U.S. Northern Command, to replace Craig Fugate? You get two strikes for diversity. Air Force and a woman.
In reality, she at least would have some connection to domestic disasters. She just needs to retire to be considered, or does she?
As I said in an earlier blog post, the new secretary will be focused on the border, border and border
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.