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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...
Nancy Gibbs makes the case for why they are TIME's Persons of the Year. Josh Tyrangiel explores how Bono gets his message across. Amanda Ripley and Amanda Bower spend time with the Gateses and dissect their charitable approach. Michael Duffy hangs with our Partners of the Year: George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the onetime rivals who joined forces to raise relief money. My thanks to Priscilla Painton, who deftly ran the project, and to all my other colleagues who made this issue so special...
...tells TIME he ran into plenty of roadblocks, but he barreled through them. "The top dogs [at FEMA] say go ahead, but lower down, people in the field want paperwork," he says. "I am gambling a bit, but I am saving lives. If I get sued, fine." --By Amanda Ripley. With reporting by Cathy Booth Thomas and Tim Padgett / New Orleans, Hilary Hylton / Austin, Siobhan Morrissey / Miami, Michael Peltier / Tallahassee and Eric Roston / Washington
...doesn't sound like a graduate-level seminar. During WW II, F.D.R. asked citizens for help and was inundated with suggestions--from the "Liberty War" to "Rat Killing." Finally, he accepted that the conflict was, undeniably, another world war. Someday we may have to do the same. --By Amanda Ripley...
...waiting to question him. But it turned out that an FBI agent in Sacramento had placed his name on the list. His name was removed, and he was allowed to fly--into the hands of waiting FBI agents. --By Brian Bennett, Sally B. Donnelly and Amanda Ripley...