On the recordJanuary 16, 2006
It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans.
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Ray Nagin
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transcripts.cnn.comRay Nagin: “It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild a New Orleans, the one that should be a chocolate New…”
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Mayor Nagin calls for unity and emphasizes the importance of African-Americans in the city's future.
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The job is not getting done quick enough. We have so many residents that are still spread out all over the country.
Apr 5, 2006
And I'm expressing my dissatisfaction, my outrage, and my demand that this foolishness stops.
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