284 ordspråk av Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
 [Appearing at a news conference in Baton Rouge, La., with Brown at his side, Chertoff announced that he was sending the FEMA director back to Washington in case another storm hits the country and putting Allen in charge.] Mike Brown has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to this unprecedented challenge, ... I appreciate his work, as does everybody here. |
| [As part of National Preparedness Month, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the American Red Cross (ARC) have developed a significant amount of information for the public, including daily tips to help people get started preparing today.] The devastation and tragic loss of life caused by Hurricane Katrina earlier this week reinforce the urgency of our coalition's work, ... We urge all Americans to take some simple steps to prepare for emergencies, including getting an emergency supply kit, making a family emergency plan and learning more about how to respond to emergencies that could affect your area. |
| [Brown testified that he pressed the White House to urge] dysfunctional ... I did not have a problem dealing with state and local officials. |
| [By afternoon,] I made it very clear that I expected Mr. Brown forthwith to get in touch with me, ... lost my temper to some degree with his chief of staff. |
| [Chertoff flashed impatience when a reporter tried to ask Brown if he would resign and if he would respond to a Time magazine report that he inflated his résumé.] Here are the ground rules: I'm going to answer the questions, ... I've explained what we're doing. I thought I was about as clear as I possibly could be in English as to what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Next question. |
| [He spoke of a government prepared.] I think we're going to be ready when it does hit land, ... The Early Show. |
| [In an interview on ABC television's] Good Morning America, ... The lesson is that when the storm hits, the best place to be is to be out of the path. There's plenty of (advance) notice about Rita. |
| [In an interview on ABC's] Good Morning America, ... The lesson is that when the storm hits, the best place to be is to be out of the path. ... There's plenty of (advance) notice about Rita. |
| [Katrina had provided an] extraordinary test ... We now know that its capabilities were overwhelmed by the magnitude of the storm. |
| [Keith Olbermann kicked off his] Countdown ... Louisiana is a city under water. |
| [That alone would be] a very catastrophic scenario, ... And although the planning was not complete, a lot of work had been done. But there were two problems here. First of all, it's as if someone took that plan and dropped an atomic bomb simply to make it more difficult. We didn't merely have the overflow, we actually had the break in the wall. And I will tell you that, really, that perfect storm of combination of catastrophes exceeded the foresight of the planners, and maybe anybody's foresight. |
| [There is no] specific, credible evidence of an attack that's imminent in the United States, ... We feel that, at least in the short term, we should raise the level here because, obviously, we're concerned about the possibility of a copycat attack. |
| [When Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown asserted on ABC News' Nightline last Thursday that he had only just learned of evacuees stranded at the city's convention centre, host Ted Koppel challenged:] Don't you guys watch television? ... a total failure. |
| a 20th century organization in the 21st century. |
| A lot of challenges, |
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