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Katrina report critiques Katrina response time
The Associated Press obtained a detailed House panel report criticizing the response to Hurricane Katrina. It singles out Michael Brown and FEMA under Chertoff for delays, misjudgments, and a lack of urgency. It notes levee breaches, mass flooding, and missteps as the disaster unfolded in late August 2005.
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