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...it’s going to be a better building and I’m going to get a washing machine, then I’m all for it,” resident Karen Coleman, who spent four years on a waiting list before getting an apartment, said of the move. “But I came from projects projects—now that I’m here, I don’t want to leave...
...depicted Chertoff; she also wondered why he took a trip to Atlanta rather than directing the effort from Washington. Minnesota Democrat Mark Dayton called DHS under Chertoff's leadership "non-functional," while Collins chose "late," "uncertain, "ineffective," "alarming" and "unacceptable" to define the agency's performance. Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman said Chertoff "failed the President" by not informing him of the doubts he had about then-Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown. The "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" comment came a day after Chertoff says that he had begun to question Brown's ability...
...Senators, however, couldn't understand why it took Chertoff so long to move Brown out. "It was clear, Brown was in way over his head" on the first day of the hurricane, said Senator Coleman. Unlike Brown, Chertoff pleased the senators by taking blame for the government's failure and admitting he made mistakes." He called DHS's failures "my responsibility." "There are many lapses that occurred," he said. "I've spent a lot of time the last six months thinking how things could have been done differently." He called Katrina "one of the most difficult incidents of my life...
...been a teacher before...teaching requires, if anything, patience and the ability to connect with people, and he has those attributes in abundance,” said James C. Coleman, Jr. ’03. “You feel absolutely comfortable around...
...policymakers who once might have glossed over her frustration as a side effect of sudden change are thinking twice. "Katrina showed government's failure to respond, and we can't afford those failures again," says Republican Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota. A quarter of the 24 million people now enrolled in Medicare Part D are "dual eligibles," people who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare. In other words, they are among the poorest and frailest people in the country. More than 70% of them make less than $10,000 a year; 372,000 of them have Alzheimer's. Republicans realize...