"However, a transcript of an Aug. 28 briefing as Katrina bore down on the region indicates Gulf Coast state officials were satisfied with the federal assistance they had so far received.
"I want to say thank you very much for all that you're doing," Louisiana emergency preparedness deputy director "Col. Jeff Smith told Homeland Security and FEMA officials during the call, in which President Bush also participated, according to the transcript obtained by The Associated Press. "I think that at this point in time our coordination is as good as it can be."
Asked by FEMA's Brown if Louisiana had any unmet needs at that point, or if there were anything else the federal government could provide, Smith said: "Mike, no."
Note that this info is placed at the END of the article. President Bush participated in a conference call when the STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS said everything was under control. Look in the upper part of the article; Bush is lambasted, yet HERE is evidence that he was told point-blank that the coordination was good.
That assistance was turned down.
Someone has got to make a point of correcting the record, NOW.