Vice President Dick Cheney meets with local and elected officials, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 in Gulfport Miss., while on a tour of the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney tours the flood ravaged areas of Mississippi and Louisiana, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, to survey damage and view relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney took an aerial tour of the Gulf coast aboard Marine Two with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney walks with a resident of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood Thursday, September 8, 2005. The area was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, which hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th. Mrs. Cheney and Mayor Brent Warr are also shown walking. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with residents of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood Thursday, September 8, 2005. The neighborhood was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, which hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th. White House photo by David Bohrer
Vice President Dick Cheney walks with Mayor Brent Warr, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, through a neighborhood in Gulfport, Miss., devastated by Hurricane Katrina, as they talk with surviving residents. White House photo by David Bohrer