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
finding mighty
Were finding a mighty lot of people, ... We think there are hundreds more.
relief seem
There doesn't seem to be any relief in sight,
confidence hearts minds putting seeing
We are seeing a show of force. It's putting confidence back in our hearts and in the minds of our people, ... We're going to make it through.
comparison complex economic recovery situation
By comparison to New York's economic recovery challenges, Louisiana's situation is vaster, more complex and will be more protracted,
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The situation is untenable, ... At first light, the devastation is greater than our worst fear. It's just totally overwhelming ... heartbreaking.
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The Corps Of Engineers has attempted to fix the situation under emergency conditions, ... They're not the best conditions, and probably too little, too late.
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The situation deteriorated on Monday and on Wednesday, it became untenable,
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The shelters will end up probably without electricity or with minimum electricity from generators in the end. There may be intense flooding that will be not in our control which would be ultimately the most dangerous situation that many of our people could face.
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For these reasons, it is imperative that the investigation into the response to Katrina be comprehensive, probing and non-partisan.
falsehoods misleading oath
Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking,
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I can't feel we escaped the worst, because we don't know what the worst is.
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I do want to tell you how much we appreciated watching all of the integrated forces at work as one,
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They've been running buses in through the night. We're going to get them out, either by boat, lift them out by helicopter, or if we can walk them to the buses, we'll do it. Whatever is necessary, whatever measure is necessary is what we'll do.:
encouraged messages
I'm very encouraged by the messages I got,