the problem with fema and the problem in the white house
Leisurely Bush, Bumbling Feds - Only the Coast Guard looks good after Hurricane Katrina
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But bluntly, however, what government does and does not choose to spend money on for the essential safety of its citizens is a political issue, and a very basic one at that. The administration willfully reduced the budget for the protective levees around New Orleans to a level where even maintaining the current levee height was impossible, in order to shift that Corps money into Iraq.
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- bill 9-01-2005 2:35 pm