[TomGuy]

Blanco being interviewed on CNN.

Nagin complains that she said she needed 24 hours before she could make a decision during her meeting with the President.

Blanco says Nagin wasn't even there. But she goes on to say they (FEDS?) gave her "a complicated plan" and she needed time (24 hours) to review it.

Blanco: "We are the people who put order into chaos."

[huh? wish I had VCR-ed that comment]

[spectre]

Blanco.."The first five days of the recovery were HEROIC..we were the people who took control. The National Guard took control of the city, brought order out of chaos, because we have law enforcement authority. The Federal troops do not. I was very concerned about giving up law enforcement authority".

"The federal effort was JUST a little slow in coming, I can't uderstand why? Those are the questions that are yet to be answered. WE are the people who put order into chaos".

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[elli1]

Nagin complains that she said she needed 24 hours before she could make a decision during her meeting with the President.

Blanco says Nagin wasn't even there.

According to a partial transcript I read last night (of an interview w/ Nagin), the meeting took place on AF-1, Bush talked to Blanco in another part of the plane, & Bush returned & told Nagin that Blanco said she needed '24 hours' to make a decision. This occured on the President's first trip to LA.