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From Yahoo!-AP:
This tape is pretty interesting stuff. Brownie actually comes off pretty well - he clearly took the hurricane very seriously, and it appears President Bush was given ample warning about the potential seriousness of Katrina, to include the possibility of a breach of the levees. All this is water under the bridge (or, in this instance, over the levee), but one hopes they'll do better next time if we experience another catastrophic event under the Bush administration.
WASHINGTON - In dramatic and sometimes agonizing terms, federal disaster officials warned President Bush and his homeland security chief before Hurricane Katrina struck that the storm could breach levees, put lives at risk in New Orleans' Superdome and overwhelm rescuers, according to confidential video footage.
Bush didn't ask a single question during the final briefing before Katrina struck on Aug. 29, but he assured soon-to-be-battered state officials: "We are fully prepared."
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This tape is pretty interesting stuff. Brownie actually comes off pretty well - he clearly took the hurricane very seriously, and it appears President Bush was given ample warning about the potential seriousness of Katrina, to include the possibility of a breach of the levees. All this is water under the bridge (or, in this instance, over the levee), but one hopes they'll do better next time if we experience another catastrophic event under the Bush administration.