This 2003 file photo from the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation shows Sonia Morphew Pitt, Minnesota's director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. The state emergency management official who remained out of state after the Minneapolis bridge collapse rang up more than $26,000 in unauthorized expenses and improper pay, an audit said. Pressed to explain how the charges got through, transportation officials cited the woman's "aggressive" and "belligerent" behavior.
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