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...Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government. And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, for the first time holding himself accountable for the government's inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina...
What is remarkable is the extent to which the U.S. is aware of al-Ahmed's activities. "We know where Muhammad Yunis al-Ahmed lives in Damascus," says a U.S. intelligence official. "We know his phone number. He believes he has the protection of the Syrian government, and that certainly seems to be the case." But he hasn't been aggressively pursued by the U.S. either--in part because there has been a persistent and forlorn hope that al-Ahmed might be willing to help negotiate an end to the Baathist part of the insurgency. A senior U.S. intelligence officer...
...statistics about Harvard students which illustrate that most students are making healthy, low-risk choices with respect to alcohol use. A typical social norms message would be: 78 percent of Harvard students had 0 to 5 drinks the last time they partied. Because many students tend to overestimate the extent to which their peers engage in high-risk behaviors, providing realistic data on actual alcohol consumption levels will help to challenge existing misperceptions and may, in turn, lead to more moderate behaviors...
...Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," he said Tuesday in the East Room of the White House. "And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility. I want to know what went right and what went wrong." However qualified or reluctant, the declaration won him credit on newscasts and in newspapers for showing leadership and taking responsibility...
...extent of Hurricane Katrina’s human and economic toll became increasingly apparent last week, University administrators acted to address the storm’s effects on the Gulf Coast and students at universities in the region...