Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoffis an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama, and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth28 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
was deeply and personally engaged in the process from before the hurricane. I was deeply and personally involved in the process from before the hurricane.
Admiral Allen has my full support in the very difficult work we have ahead,
The one thing about an episode like this is if you talk to someone and you get a rumor or you get someone's anecdotal version of something, I think it's dangerous to extrapolate it all over the place.
Federal, state and local resources have been fully mobilized,
FEMA is moving supplies and equipment into the hardest hit areas as quickly as possible,
FEMA has better resources and ... it brings more to the table now than it did in the previous five, six, seven years.
This practice acts as an enticement for additional border crossers, ... It's unacceptable.
This is a picture that is improving but we have a lot more work to do,
This is a system in desperate need, ... and people are rightly upset and distressed.
This is a system desperately in need of repair,
This is really one which I think was breathtaking in its surprise,
This is probably the worst catastrophe, or set of catastrophes certainly that I'm aware of in the history of the country. It was a devastating hurricane followed by a devastating flood,
Speed was of the essence when the hurricane hit,
speaks for himself and he's entitled to his point of view, and I don't have anything to add.