Did Bush take responsibility for Katrina failures?
Tags: george bushNot entirely.
From the report:
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government… To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility. […] I'm not going to defend the process going in… I am going to defend the people saving lives."
So, he hasn't taken responsibility for Nagin, Blanco, Landrieu, other corrupt Louisiana politicians, the Welfare State, etc. etc. and so forth and so on.
And:
The president was asked whether people should be worried about the government's ability to handle another terrorist attack given failures in responding to Katrina.
"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond," Bush replied.