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Blanco asks for more time to deliver storm documents to Congress
Associated Press ^
| October 25, 2005
Posted on 10/25/2005 1:03:51 PM PDT by caryatid
BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Kathleen Blanco has asked for more time to deliver documents to congressional committees about her office's role in Hurricane Katrina preparations and emergency response to the storm.
The delay would mean it could be December before internal documents reflecting what was going on behind the scenes are made public.
"They have asked for the kitchen sink, which is OK," said Blanco executive counsel Terry Ryder. "But given the fact that we are dealing with Katrina and Rita right now, we have asked for 90 days more."
Blanco got a request for information on Sept. 30 from a U.S. House committee that wanted the information within two weeks. The House committee is interested in internal communications received, prepared, or sent by Blanco and her Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Office of the Adjutant General for three separate time periods.
Another request came Oct. 7 from a U.S. Senate homeland security committee, asking Blanco to provide the documents no later than Nov. 3.
The Senate panel's request is more detailed, seeking documents such as charts outlining who held key positions in state government in preparation for and responding to the disaster, what legal authority the governor had in disaster preparation and response, documents from the last five years spelling out Louisiana's hurricane and flood risks, and those relating to the hurricane planning exercise known as "Hurricane Pam."
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 109th; blanco; incompetent; katrina; katrinaprobe; la; louisiana; shred; shredderjammed; shredshred; shredshredshred; sobstory
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We will turn over the documents as soon as we make certain nothing in them can incriminate us. LOL
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:03:52 PM PDT
by
caryatid
To: caryatid
She needs a little more time to create "old" documents.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:05:18 PM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
To: caryatid
Yes it takes a while to get BS lies in order.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:06:12 PM PDT
by
conservativebabe
(proud to be a vitriolic hyperconservative)
To: caryatid
Suppose this was a Republican governor. This would be a 24/7 MSM circus.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:06:32 PM PDT
by
yobid
(Don't pet the sweaty things.......)
To: caryatid
We don't have enough shredders - its Bush's fault!
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:07:23 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: yobid
Indeed. Funny how Blanco has kind of fallen off the face of the earth lately.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:08:26 PM PDT
by
conservativebabe
(proud to be a vitriolic hyperconservative)
To: caryatid
Deliver the documents within 7 sevens days........ OTHERWISE withdraw ALL Federal funding for La/NO ... no second chances...
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:08:49 PM PDT
by
geo40xyz
To: caryatid
What's taking so long when she didn't do a darn thing.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:08:50 PM PDT
by
caisson71
To: yobid
Miraculously, the documents that make the FEMA/Bush look bad are ready to go.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:09:43 PM PDT
by
Callahan
To: caryatid
"Documents, we're Democrats, we ain't got no stinkin' documents.Buzz off, you pack of racist warmongers".
To: caryatid
"But given the fact that we are dealing with Katrina and Rita right now, we have asked for 90 days more." Straight out of the Janet Reno Playbook.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:12:25 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: caryatid
Sounds like a job for Hillary's Docu-Shred Services.
To: caryatid
Can't this woman do ANYTHING on time???????????.............Has she called out the NG yet?........
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:14:37 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In life, you don't get what you deserve. You get what you settle for...........)
To: caryatid
Posted
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508732/posts
Posted by Ellesu
On News/Activism 10/25/2005 3:48:24 AM PDT · 43 replies · 1,097+ views
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:17:02 PM PDT
by
Condor51
(Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
To: geo40xyz
To: caryatid
Paging Bill Burkett......
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:17:33 PM PDT
by
Niteranger68
("Spare the rod, spoil the liberal.")
To: Mind-numbed Robot
She's on the phone to Dan Rather, who is in a Kinkos in Abeline right this second, in fact.
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:19:46 PM PDT
by
MeanWestTexan
(Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
To: caryatid
maybe its that time of the month thingy
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:20:55 PM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: Condor51
Posted by Ellesu On News/Activism 10/25/2005 3:48:24 AM PDT · 43 replies · 1,097+ views I know rules are we should search but some of us are not up at 4am reading posts; personally I appreciate it when some topics are reposted.
To: caryatid
Dan Rather and Mary Mapes are kinda busy, so it's going to take a while ...
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posted on
10/25/2005 1:22:29 PM PDT
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
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