NPR Reports: GW to Blanco"I'll send in the troops if you answer to the WH"

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Shocking!! on NPR
A must hear ... especially what took place during the 90 min mtg between Blanco, Nagin and Bush onboard Airforce One, during which GW said "I'll send in the troops if you answer to the WH"

Audio of the "Katrina Timeline Unexecuted plans" which aired on All Things Considered a bit ago is now posted at
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4839666

NPR-Brief on Katrina Timeline: Unexecuted Plans

All Things Considered, September 9, 2005 · Just days before Hurricane Katrina hit, officials from state, local and federal agencies were hearing that this could very likely be the big one -- the one they knew could devastate the city.

They spent the weekend in almost non-stop conference calls -- making sure all the plans for food, water and security were in place. But even before the storm hit, some of the plans started to fall apart.

National Guard troops in other states sat ready, waiting for orders that never came. Instead, they were told to wait for an official plan and a chain of command to be established. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling and Laura Sullivan report.
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Also found this disccusion on on earlier DU thread

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Well, here is the story: a few nights ago, he met with Gov. Blanco. He isolated her, and attempted to get her to sign an agreement that partly would have exonerated the Feds and FEMA, and placed blame squarely on the state government. Well, I see in these NY Times articles that Karl Rove is orchestrating this cowardly attempt to diffuse blame. This story, by the way, comes from someone very high up in Blanco's administration.
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link
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4644904

so, if he indeed isolated her.. then it's her word against his!!!

This needs to be investigated!