September 15, 2005 8:02 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: "Good evening. I'm speaking to you from the city of New Orleans -- nearly empty, still partly under water, and waiting for life and hope to return. Eastward from Lake Pontchartrain, across the Mississippi coast, to Alabama into Florida, millions of lives were changed in a day by a cruel and wasteful storm."
. . .
"Four years after the frightening experience of September the 11th, Americans have every right to expect a more effective response in a time of emergency. When the federal government fails to meet such an obligation, I, as President, am responsible for the problem, and for the solution. So I've ordered every Cabinet Secretary to participate in a comprehensive review of the government response to the hurricane. This government will learn the lessons of Hurricane Katrina. We're going to review every action and make necessary changes, so that we are better prepared for any challenge of nature, or act of evil men, that could threaten our people."
. . .
"Thank you, and may God bless America."
END 8:28 P.M. CDT
President George W. Bush
President Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation
Jackson Square
New Orleans, Louisiana
Office of the Press Secretary
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