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Mr. Brown said that he finds it a little disingenuous that D.H.S. would claim that they were not getting that information, because FEMA held continuous video telephone conferences in which at least once a day, they'd be on conference calls and video calls to make certain that everyone had situational awareness. He also said that since this was a natural disaster, that has become the stepchild within the Department of Homeland Security, and so you now have these two systems operating, one which cares about terrorism, and FEMA and the state and local partners, who're trying to approach everything from all hazards. Senator Coleman said that he understands some of the concerns that have been raised about the function of D.H.S. and the integration of FEMA.