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3. September 2005, 5. September 2005
09/04/2005
Team Bush spins the crisis
By Kenneth R. Bazinet
New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/v-pfriendly/story/343339p-293108c.html
WASHINGTON - The White House worked furiously yesterday to try to
convince skeptics it had a grip on unrest in New Orleans and make
the case that the federal response to Hurricane Katrina was finally
pressing forward with a monumental recovery effort.
Amid the furor over the failure to quickly help those suffering in
the aftermath, Bush committed 7,000 more active-duty soldiers and
Marines to help hasten evacuations and restore order, starting with
New Orleans.
The Pentagon also will send another 10,000 members of the National
Guard to Louisiana and Mississippi, and total troop strength will
rise to about 40,000.
Another 300 Air Force airmen based in Biloxi, Miss., will return
from Iraq and Afghanistan the next two weeks to help their families
and join recovery efforts at Keesler Air Force Base, which took a
direct hit from Katrina.
The Navy announced yesterday that Vice President Cheney's former
company, Halliburton, which has handled much of the repair work as
well as support services for the U.S. military in Iraq, was hired
to restore power and rebuild three naval facilities in Mississippi
that were wrecked by Katrina.
09/04/2005
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