Colonel DAWUD IBRAHIM (Commanding officer, Emergency Response Unit, Iraq): (Through translator) Yes.

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Chertoff designated FEMA Director Mike Brown, the undersecretary for emergency preparedness and response, as the principal federal officer, or PFO, putting him in charge of the relief effort.

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The IPCC said the officer was found to have downgraded the call from "emergency" to a "prompt response" and deployment of officers was not quick enough given the vulnerability of the 15-year-old girl.

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