Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Bush Says Katrina Exposed Flaws in U.S. Capabilities

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said Hurricane Katrina ``exposed serious problems'' in the nation's capability to handle another severe storm or a terrorist attack and took responsibility for the federal government's failures.

The slow reaction to the disaster on the U.S. Gulf Coast uncovered flaws ``at all levels of government,'' Bush said in response to a question during a news conference today with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Washington.

``To the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility,'' he said.

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