Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoffis an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama, and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth28 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
We've got the adequate personnel now who are able to make sure that we have a comprehensive evacuation effort.
We have to operate with a new level of cooperation and commitment with members of the international community,
We have to have seamless interaction with military forces, ... Mike Brown has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to this unprecedented challenge. I appreciate his work, as does everybody here.
We're working very closely with the governor and the other state officials to make sure that we are completely connected in terms of their needs and what capabilities they're asking us to bring to the table, ... American Morning.
When we remove the water from New Orleans, we're going to uncover people who died hiding in houses, who got caught by the flood, people whose remains will be found in the street, ... It is going to be about as ugly a scene as you can imagine.
We have made a lot of progress in the first year of Community Shield.
We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.
We are not going to be able to have people sitting in houses in the city of New Orleans for weeks and months while we de-water and clean this city,
we have an ongoing flood situation even as we're in the middle of recovering from the hurricane.
The president has been unambiguous in his mandate that we leave no stone unturned, and leave no efforts unexhausted in proceeding to do whatever we can to rescue people and alleviate suffering,
We are committed to cutting red tape and getting help to people who need it, ... We are getting real assistance in record time.
We are in the process of doing everything within our power to get resources down to the state of Florida, ... everybody's patience and forbearance.
we are doing everything possible, as quickly as possible, to prevent further misfortune and loss of life and distress.
Those who got out are fine, ... Meet the Press.