State and local governments bear the primary responsibility for storm preparations and evacuations, but the U.S. government has teams embedded at command centers up and down the coast. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the federal government is ready and able to assist with whatever municipal officials need after Irene moves on.Aug. 27, 2011
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