Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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We've got an engineering nightmare trying to fill the breach of the levee where the waters are pouring into the city. I think they've been working on it all night, and they'll continue to work on it all day today.
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I deeply appreciate Admiral Allen's sensitivity and understanding and his call to me this afternoon. I am reassured by his call as I continue to have great confidence in the Admiral's leadership.
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The whole region could evacuate 200,000, 300,000 maybe more.
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There were a half-dozen Scottish and English theater groups who were not invited but decided to go anyway, and camped around the edges of the festival, ... A reporter saw some of the shows and said in a review that there were interesting things happening on the fringes of the festival; hence the term 'Fringe.'
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kick us when we're down, to destroy hope when hope is all we have.
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The dome's population is growing, and they don't have the facilities to accommodate the people in there,
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Katrina and Rita brought our people and our economy to its knees.
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In Cameron, there's really hardly anything left. Everything is just obliterated.
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He will direct the implementation of the state's plan through my cabinet and will coordinate the advisory committees that I will appoint to give me guidance in this rebuilding process,
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These troops are battle-tested. They have M-16s and are locked and loaded.
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I have come here to talk about job creation,
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We've pulled literally hundreds of people out of the waters,
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The radio system that is currently operational in the greater New Orleans area was designed to support 800 users; there are currently 2,500 users. To address the radio communications requirements, we need additional frequencies,
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We've fought hurricanes before. You know, we think we are hurricane-smart and there's some normal things that go on during the aftermath of a serious hurricane, but this is not normal. This is past the normal thing that we normally have dealt with over the years,