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Katrina Evacuees and MoveOn members March on White House Thu Sep 08 2005 10:17:28 ET PRESS RELEASE: *****Excellent Visuals - Signs reading***** "Shame" and "Help Hurricane Victims" MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION ADVISORY FOR CONTACT: Trevor Fitzgibbon, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 Kawana Lloyd, Alex Howe, Rally At White House Thursday at 1:00 pm Katrina Evacuees to Tell President Bush His Administration Let Them Down Request Meeting with President to Demand Accountability Why Was Federal Funding Cut For Levee Maintenance? Washington, DC -- Hurricane Katrina evacuees flew into the nation's capital to tell President Bush to stop blaming local officials for his mistakes...

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin exploded in frustration last night as his city spun further out of control, saying that Gov. Kathleen Blanco and President Bush need to stop holding "goddman press conferences" and "get their ass[es] on a plane and sit down, the two of them, and figure this out right now." "I don't know whose problem it is. I don't know whether it's the governor's problem. I don't know whether it's the president's problem," Nagin said during an interview with a local New Orleans radio station. "But somebody needs to get their ass on a plane and sit...