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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The entire Gulf Coast suffered, but Louisiana bore the brunt of this disaster.
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These are our people and they're good people, ... It gets very difficult when shelters fill up. We're working hard to identify more shelters.
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The mayor certainly has ordered that, but the governor, and that would be me, will have to enforce it or implement it,
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I'm very encouraged by the messages I got,
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