Posted on 09/09/2005 1:04:44 PM PDT by mdittmar
WASHINGTON -- Amid widespread criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, the Veterans Affairs secretary praised his department for an effective evacuation of about 1,200 veterans, staff and their families from the Gulf region.
VA Secretary Jim Nicholson attributed the quick response to trained, prepared and dedicated employees who refused to abandon their duties, even when they had no knowledge of the condition of their own homes and families.
"We had people on ventilators, we had liver patients, ambulatory patients, and every patient that we evacuated from every one of our facilities made it through this evacuation," Nicholson said Thursday following a briefing of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.
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