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Shays: Blanco, Nagin did a "pathetic job" preparing populace

September 28th, 2005
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Yesterday, Christopher Shays (R-CT) bashed Michael Brown. Now:
[He says] that while Brown made mistakes, so did others. "He can't be the scapegoat. First responders are local and state, and the governor and mayor did a pathetic job of preparing their people for this horrific storm," Shays said on NBC's "Today" show
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Should the Bush administration probe itself?

September 22nd, 2005
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Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) says no thanks:
"Anyone who has basically had responsibilities to respond to this should not be the folks looking at it, in my judgment… I don't think [Homeland Security Adviser Frances Townsend] can be objective because, frankly, I would want to know what was she doing in that time, before the storm, […]