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Sen. Clinton Demands a 'Katrina Commission'
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
September 06, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has sent a letter to President Bush, urging him to appoint an independent national commission to review hurricane relief efforts.
Sen. Clinton also said she would introduce legislation to once again make the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) an independent agency with cabinet-level status.
In her Sept. 4 letter to President Bush - posted on her website -- Sen. Clinton criticized the federal government's response to the disaster:
"It has become increasingly evident that our nation was not prepared to launch an effective federal response plan to an emergency such as Hurricane Katrina," she said.
Sen. Clinton said members of the proposed "Katrina Commission" should have "significant experience, knowledge, training, and planning for natural disaster preparedness and response" so they can "fully examine the adequacy of federal response efforts..."
She said the Katrina commission should be modeled after the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, a panel whose findings have come under fire amid allegations that key information may have been overlooked (see earlier story)."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46184
"Not another damned commission"
Posted: September 7, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 Creators Syndicate, Inc.
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Dead bodies are still floating all over New Orleans. Hundreds, if not thousands, of children are still searching for their parents. Wiped-out communities are still awaiting water and power.
So, what is armchair first responder Sen. Hillary Clinton's first response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster?
A commission.
"It has become increasingly evident that our nation was not prepared," Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y., lectured in a Labor Day letter to President Bush. Yes, thank you, Sen. Sherlock. Those gleaming degrees from Wellesley and Yale Law are really paying off."