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...Monday night, Aug. 29, several hours after the levees broke in New Orleans, then-FEMA director Michael Brown called the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas and told his deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, "we are realizing our worst nightmares... New Orleans is flooded." In his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee today, Brown said he couldn't remember if George W. Bush got on the phone that night or not. He may have, said Brown. "Not to sound arrogant," he told the Senators, "but I speak to the President...
DIED. OFELIA FOX, 82, manager and "first lady" of Havana's famed Tropicana nightclub during its 1950s heyday, when regulars included Marlon Brando and Joan Crawford; in Burbank, Calif. With its casino, showgirls and lavish stage shows, the club was a renowned hot spot before Castro took it over...
...Iraq. When his opponents seized coalition chief weapons inspector Charles Duelfer’s final report as conclusive evidence that the justification for the war had been a farce, the President did not speak up to set the record straight. When Cindy Sheehan haunted the gates of his Crawford ranch and precipitated a flood of anti-war sentiment, the President remained silent. Amidst ever-accumulating incidents of roadside bombs killing American troops and the resulting public discontent with his administration’s war policy, the President responded only by regurgitating stale party lines during press conferences and minor speeches...
...President, who heads out Wednesday for 10 nights at Camp David and the Crawford ranch, may have been smiling, but he wasn't kidding. Ever since taking office, Bush and Vice President Cheney have pushed to reclaim executive prerogative, and the 9/11 attacks gave them a huge opportunity to do so. But Bush has found himself on the defensive over the report in Friday's New York Times that since 2002, he has secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on callers inside the United States who are suspected of terrorist activity, without first obtaining the court-approved warrants...
...ranchers in Montana say they are in favor of the way the President handles dry brush and scrub on the Crawford ranch...