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Jesse Jackson: “Indifference, incompetence or both and both are unacceptable.”

On the recordSeptember 1, 2005
Indifference, incompetence or both and both are unacceptable.
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Jesse Jackson

Editor's note · Context

Jackson summarizes his view on the federal government's response to the disaster.

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