06/02/2009
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"My goal is to review the organization and leadership of FEMA components, their emphasis on front-end accountability processes."
"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..."
"I think it is a combination that initially people were trying to get a lot of aid out to the survivors."
"Is that a fair characterization?"