13.2.06
failure of leadership
Report: Katrina response a 'failure of leadership'
Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff described as 'detached'
Monday, February 13, 2006; Posted: 1:42 p.m. EST (18:42 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congressional report to be released this week slams the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, calling it a "failure of leadership" that left people stranded when they were most in need.
"Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare," the report says. "At every level -- individual, corporate, philanthropic and governmental -- we failed to meet the challenge that was Katrina. In this cautionary tale, all the little pigs built houses of straw."
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Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff described as 'detached'
Monday, February 13, 2006; Posted: 1:42 p.m. EST (18:42 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A congressional report to be released this week slams the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, calling it a "failure of leadership" that left people stranded when they were most in need.
"Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national failure, an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare," the report says. "At every level -- individual, corporate, philanthropic and governmental -- we failed to meet the challenge that was Katrina. In this cautionary tale, all the little pigs built houses of straw."
CNN News
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