Hispanic Business Forums - Interview on The Tavis Smiley Show:CONDOLEEZA RICE

Hispanic Business Forums - Interview on The Tavis Smiley Show:RICE: "nterview on The Tavis Smiley Show


Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Washington, DC
September 8, 2005

(1:50 p.m. EDT)

MR. SMILEY: Secretary Rice, always an honor to have you on the program.

SECRETARY RICE: Good to be with you, Tavis.

MR. SMILEY: Madame Secretary, if I said to you that in its first test of
national preparedness since 9/11 the U.S. Government failed miserably where
Hurricane Katrina is concerned, you would say what?

SECRETARY RICE: I would say, obviously, the response was not good enough, as
the President has said. This is of an unprecedented character, this disaster
that we faced, and I don't think anyone is satisfied that the response was what
it needed to be.

But I also know that people are working very, very hard and getting on top of
the situation. And that what we need to be focused on now is making sure that
everybody who needs to be evacuated from New Orleans is evacuated. We need to
make certain that people are in safe locations. And then we need to start
helping people rebuild their lives. "

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