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...Coast Guard Vice Admiral Thad Allen arrived in New Orleans four months ago to take over the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Now he's back in Washington, D.C., telling federal officials what he's learned. His assignment ends this month. TIME's Amanda Ripley met with Allen at the Department of Homeland Security for an exit interview...
...While you were home for the holidays, what did you tell your relatives about what's happening on the Gulf Coast...
...said when you were down there that you were a long way from the Coast Guard Academy...
...disaster is that locals go to the states, states go to the Federal government, and they bring resources in. When we hit that tipping point and the city flooded, it was not within FEMA's mission, capabilities or competency to go out and direct actual rescue operations. The Coast Guard came in and did it because we're trained to do that. And whatever issues there are with FEMA as an organization, I hope the public does not generalize to a larger responsibility for FEMA. No matter what anybody's issue is, there's a tendency to say the problem...
...chief of staff of the Coast Guard, and they'd like to have me back. This has probably been the longest absence of a standing chief of staff in the organization's history. And they've done well without me, but you like to know that you're needed...