Donald Powell
Donald Powell
Donald Powell Distinguished Service Orderwas an officer in the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II...
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This will enable people to get on with their lives.
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We just don't know. I would hope it would take fewer years.
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The president is committed to rebuilding the Gulf Coast.
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Every time some type of natural disaster has hit, the people of this region have come back, and come back stronger than before. Failure is not an option. ... It's too important a task not to do it right.
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This new position allows me to continue to serve my country and help the many people who have had their lives turned completely upside down,
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There are many things consumers and business owners can do now and in the coming weeks to help put their financial houses back in order in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina, ... The FDIC is doing what we can to try to keep this natural disaster from turning into a financial disaster for all the people harmed by Katrina.
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I am aware that there is a great deal of public interest in the Wal-Mart Bank application; however, I believe it is important that the application be processed in a manner that is consistent with current law,
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Should the commitment not be there, it would be as if there were no protection.
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Sean has been a guy who has reached out to me. He seems to have a sense of urgency about this.
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This program allows states' leaders -- who are closest to the people -- to decide exactly how this grant money should be spent.
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Rebuilding should not become an exercise in centralized planning. If federal bureaucrats determine the path of rebuilding, local insight and initiative will be overrun and local needs overlooked.
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The American public knows that the banking sector has had record profits for the last four years. It's an opportunity to be generous.
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That work is being done as we speak.
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Like the rest of the economy, banks are feeling the effects of the recession, as well as the aftershocks of the terrorist attacks on America in September,