Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Babineaux Blancoserved from January 2004 to January 2008 as the 54th governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first woman to have been elected as governor of Louisiana...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 December 1942
CityNew Iberia, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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he has recognized that Katrina was no ordinary hurricane.
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We're offering them the opportunity to continue to serve in the Guard and help us rebuild southeast Louisiana, ... That will keep them employed. This will be an opportunity to tide them over.
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Such falsehoods and misleading statements, made under oath before Congress, are shocking,
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States are not in a position to absorb additional costs of this magnitude,
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State government must work leaner but smarter than ever before,
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Start making preparations to leave now ... Prepare your family, prepare your house for evacuation.
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I just have to say what a magnificent job our most professional team did.
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I just felt we had to go the extra mile to do this right.
Slowly, gradually, we will recover; we will survive, we will rebuild,
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As your governor, I pledge that I will not rest until every Louisiana family and community is reunited,
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Their involvement alone would generate significant confidence among business leaders,
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I must ask that everyone please stay where you are, because you will hamper the recovery effort.
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I'm asking our citizens to please understand the seriousness of our situation, ... ... It is too dangerous to come home.
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I'm asking all of you to do your very best to get as many people to safe ground as possible. It occurs to me that a lot of people went to bed last night thinking that hurricane was going to Florida, ... I got a report at 7 o'clock that there were about 700 people doing Little League ball in the New Orleans area.