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> On 30 Jun 2012, The Black Messiah <invalid@not-for-mail.invalid> posted
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>> President Barack Obama toured scenes of devastation in Colorado
>> Springs a day after thousands of evacuees began learning whose
>> homes survived the most destructive wildfire in state history.
>>

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Friday, August 26

GULF COAST STATES REQUEST TROOP ASSISTANCE FROM PENTAGON: At a 9/1 press 
conference, Lt. Gen. Russel Honor�, commander, Joint Task Force Katrina, 
said that the Gulf States began the process of requesting additional forces 
on Friday, 8/26. [DOD]

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Saturday, August 27

GOV. BLANCO ASKS BUSH TO DECLARE FEDERAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN LOUISIANA: "I 
have determined that this incident is of such severity and magnitude that 
effective response is beyond the capabilities of the State and affected 
local governments, and that supplementary Federal assistance is necessary to 
save lives, protect property, public health, and safety, or to lessen or 
avert the threat of a disaster." [Office of the Governor]


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Sunday, August 28

AFTERNOON - BUSH, BROWN, CHERTOFF WARNED OF LEVEE FAILURE BY NATIONAL 
HURRICANE CENTER DIRECTOR: Dr. Max Mayfield, director of the National 
Hurricane Center: "'We were briefing them way before landfall. . It's not 
like this was a surprise. We had in the advisories that the levee could be 
topped.'" [Times-Picayune; St. Petersburg Times]

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Monday, August 29

7:30 AM CDT - BUSH ADMINISTRATION NOTIFIED OF THE LEVEE BREACH: The 
administration finds out that a levee in New Orleans was breached. On this 
day, 28 "government agencies, from local Louisiana parishes to the White 
House, [reported that] that New Orleans levees" were breached. [AP]


MORNING - BUSH CALLS SECRETARY CHERTOFF TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION: "I spoke to 
Mike Chertoff today - he's the head of the Department of Homeland Security. 
I knew people would want me to discuss this issue [immigration], so we got 
us an airplane on - a telephone on Air Force One, so I called him. I said, 
are you working with the governor? He said, you bet we are." [White House]

MORNING - BUSH SHARES BIRTHDAY CAKE PHOTO-OP WITH SEN. JOHN MCCAIN [White 
House]


11AM CDT - BUSH VISITS ARIZONA RESORT TO PROMOTE MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT: 
"This new bill I signed says, if you're a senior and you like the way things 
are today, you're in good shape, don't change. But, by the way, there's a 
lot of different options for you. And we're here to talk about what that 
means to our seniors." [White House]

4:30PM CDT - BUSH TRAVELS TO CALIFORNIA SENIOR CENTER TO DISCUSS MEDICARE 
DRUG BENEFIT: "We've got some folks up here who are concerned about their 
Social Security or Medicare. Joan Geist is with us. . I could tell - she was 
looking at me when I first walked in the room to meet her, she was wondering 
whether or not old George W. is going to take away her Social Security 
check." [White House]

8PM CDT - RUMSFELD ATTENDS SAN DIEGO PADRES BASEBALL GAME: Rumsfeld "joined 
Padres President John Moores in the owner's box.at Petco Park." [Editor & 
Publisher]


LATE PM - BUSH GOES TO BED WITHOUT ACTING ON BLANCO'S REQUESTS [Newsweek]

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Tuesday, August 30

11AM CDT - BUSH SPEAKS ON IRAQ AT NAVAL BASE CORONADO [White House]


PM CDT - PRESIDENT BUSH PLAYS GUITAR WITH COUNTRY SINGER MARK WILLIS [AP]

BUSH RETURNS TO CRAWFORD FOR FINAL NIGHT OF VACATION [AP]


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Wednesday, August 31

FINALLY, BUSH SURVEYS DAMAGE FROM AIR FORCE ONE:

President Bush flew over New Orleans on Air Force One. "During the 35-minute 
tour, Bush clearly saw from his vantage point the damage to the football 
stadium in New Orleans as well as the flooded neighborhoods, wiped out 
bridges and slabs of foundations where houses used to stand." [Fox News]