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As the new leadership settles into the offices once occupied by career emergency planners, the nation watches with bated breath. The hurricane season is approaching, and the wildfire threats in the West remain at historic levels. The question is no longer just about the budget or the bureaucracy; it is about the fundamental promise that the federal government will be there when the worst happens. Americans, caught in the path of the next inevitable catastrophe, are about to discover, in the most unforgiving way possible, whose gamble was right. The silence left behind by Hamilton’s departure is already speaking volumes to those who know how to listen to the shifting winds of federal power.
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