由于反恐战争和政府职能私有化理念的困扰，政府全面削减了联邦紧急措施署预防长期灾害，或至少在预防无效的情况下减轻灾害后果的能力。
Obsessed with the war on terror as well as an ideology of privatizing the functions of government, the administration systematically sapped FEMA’s long-term ability to prevent disaster or at least cushion the blows when prevention is not possible.