One Salient Oversight

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2005-09-09

Let the politics begin...

New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana governor Kathleen Blanco refused President Bush's pleas to declare an emergency in Louisiana before Hurricane Katrina struck.
Posted by Neil Cameron (One Salient Oversight) at 21:11

1 comment:

Andrew said...

That's a fairly salient oversight, I'd say.

1:50 pm, September 10, 2005

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