Thursday, September 08, 2005

Damage control of another kind - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com

Damage control of another kind - Nightly News with Brian Williams - MSNBC.com: "WASHINGTON - As Washington rushed to pass more than $50 billion in emergency relief for Katrina victims, President Bush promised homeless evacuees, among other federal benefits, an immediate payout of $2,000. “The people that have been hurt by this storm need to know that the government is going to be with you for the long haul,” said the president.

On all fronts Thursday, it was administration damage control.

Vice President Dick Cheney was dispatched to tour the hurricane zone, where he explained, “The president asked me to come down to take a look at things to begin to focus on the longer term.”
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