Word: liaison
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...those affected by Hurricane Katrina, is dark, with standing water and no working bathrooms, and is strewn with personal items from its last short-term occupants. Tomorrow, the team will drive, walk, wade and chainsaw its way through whatever stricken Lake Charles-area neighborhoods are listed by a FEMA liaison working off a state authorities needs list. But tonight, they'll sleep under the stars in this parking lot, where the stiff breeze is appreciated for whisking away hungry, aggressive mosquitoes and as natural air conditioning. Oh, and there's a tornado watch-so sleep near your vehicle...
...numerous residents and businesses, but after Rita, now resembles an island near Cameron Parish. The plan is to insert USAR teams by Coast Guard helicopter. They'll be searching some 300 to 400 residential structures and 40 to 80 commercial buildings in a 2.5 square-mile area. The FEMA liaison, Capt. Larry Collins of the Los Angeles Fire Department, says an air survey showed 80-100% destruction, "nothing but slabs" in parts of the area...
...holdover from the Clinton Administration, the former prosecutor has served in a number of counter-terrorism capacities in both the previous and current administrations. Top-level liaison with allied governments and intelligence agencies on terrorism matters has been a major aspect of her work - one that she relishes, according to a knowledgable former U.S. official...
Ellison will also serve as a liaison between the Ad Board and both the College administration and students...
...planning next. At about 10:30 p.m. on July 7, the parents of Hasib Hussain called police to report that their 18-year-old son was missing. He had told them he was going to London "with some mates," and they hadn't heard from him. A police liaison officer visited the Hussains at their home in Leeds, a city of 715,000 to which many Pakistanis immigrated in the 1960s. She collected a photo and the names of his "mates," which matched names on items like credit cards and driver's licenses recovered at several of the crime scenes...