05/11/2009
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"This incident is clearly a major human disaster, and again, I repeat, my heart and prayers go out with all of ours to the families directly involved starting with the 11 deceased or missing, all their..."
"I think is a mistake, and I think by definition is pulling some amount of focus and resources away from that ongoing disaster."
"Clearly, we need to learn an enormous amount from these events, and significant changes will have to be made to Federal law and policy and procedure in light of that."
"The problem is in practice we are seeing a lot of cases where it is not happening."