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Bush 'photo-op' visit slammed
Posted By: wtnf
Date: 4, September 05, at 7:51 p.m.
The original news item was here:
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16488142-23109,00.html
It has since been removed and a new article was inserted.Bush 'photo-op' visit slammed
AFP
From correspondents in Baton Rouge
September 04, 2005
LOUISIANA Senator Mary Landrieu has branded President George W. Bush's visit to a busted levee in New Orleans a mere photo opportunity, and slammed his Government's response to the hurricane tragedy.
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"Perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street Levee," said Landrieu, a Democrat.
"Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
"Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity.
"The desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment.
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