[Hamilton said federal officials should have known early on that a massive federal response, including U.S. troops and helicopters, would be required to deal with Katrina.] The National Guard doesn't have the helicopters you need, ... These decisions were delayed much, much too long. |
[Others take a more pragmatic view, at least of the failed CIA operation.] It didn't succeed. It's not the first time, ... It's a very tough thing to throw a man out of power especially one as crafty and cunning as Saddam Hussein. |
A member of an intelligence committee who hears of some activity he disapproves of has no real way to bring that public because if he does, he's breaking the law. |
A miscall like that has a lot of consequences, |
A number of our recommendations were in the area of emergency preparedness. Had they been executed, the death toll would have been lower. |
a very difficult, complex relationship. |
a very strong witness, very well prepared. |
an important service to the nation. |
Anyone watching that storm knew it was going to affect Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. This is not a disaster for the mayor of New Orleans to deal with. |
are not that apparent to me. |
At this point, we stand by that judgement, |
But there's another whole dimension here, and that dimension is the public dimension -- and I think the American public would benefit from hearing Condi Rice testify under oath. |
Congress is not working hard enough at the business of legislating. They do work hard at politicking and spend a huge amount of time raising money. |
depression that we haven't done better, that we didn't learn more than we did from 9/11. |
Had we learned of it obviously it would've been a major focus of our investigation. |