Starting Friday, August 26th with Gov. Blanco declaring a state-of-emergency in LA to Saturday, Sept. 3rd when SENIOR BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL LIES TO WASHINGTON POST, CLAIMING GOV. BLANCO NEVER DECLARED STATE-OF-EMERGENCY: The Post reported in their Sunday edition "As of Saturday, Blanco still had not declared a state of emergency, the senior Bush official said." They were forced to issue a correction hours later. [Washington Post, 9/4/05] |
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