September 17th, 2005
Tags: george bush, military, posse comitatus, insurrection act, john warner, donald rumsfeld, fema
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From "Military May Play Bigger Relief Role":
President Bush's push to give the military a bigger role in responding to major disasters like Hurricane Katrina could lead to a loosening of legal limits on the use of federal troops on U.S. soil.
…Bush did not define the wider role he envisions for the military…
At question, however, is […]
September 12th, 2005
Tags: george bush, kathleen blanco, insurrection act, fema, national guard, donald rumsfeld, dick cheney, charges of racism, max mayfield, ray nagin, school buses, bobby jindal, david vitter, russel honore, bush in bubble
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The Newsweek article How Bush Blew It accuses our leader of having surrounded himself with sycophantic slags, among other sins:
…When Hurricane Katrina struck, it appears there was no one to tell President Bush the plain truth: that the state and local governments had been overwhelmed, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was not up […]
September 10th, 2005
Tags: george bush, kathleen blanco, insurrection act
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The NYT article about the Insurrection Act and who was responsible for doing what when, Bush or Blanco, is discussed here.
September 9th, 2005
Tags: d aug28, national guard, insurrection act, posse comitatus, george bush, kathleen blanco
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NYT:
As New Orleans descended into chaos last week and Louisiana's governor asked for 40,000 soldiers, President Bush's senior advisers debated whether the president should speed the arrival of active-duty troops by seizing control of the hurricane relief mission from the governor.
For reasons of practicality and politics, officials at the Justice Department and the Pentagon, and […]
