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Mark Pryor: “So I am not trying to justify for Hurricane Katrina, but it was almost like the mind set may have been that if you get…”

On the recordOctober 19, 2011
So I am not trying to justify for Hurricane Katrina, but it was almost like the mind set may have been that if you get 10 people that are asking for a need and 9 of them need it, let's get it to the 9.
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Mark Pryor
Democratic · Arkansas

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Pryor reflects on the decision-making process during Hurricane Katrina regarding aid distribution.

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