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So far we've got "local officials" and "red tape" to blame. Apparently we have to add "on vacation" to the list

One reason for the slow White House response, said a Republican who has been in contact with several officials, is that so many high-level officials and aides were on vacation. Vice President Cheney, for instance, was in Wyoming and did not return unil Thursday, and Nicolle Devenish, the president's top communications adviser, is getting married in Greece with a number of mid-level aides in attendance.

Note the source - a "Republican who has been in contact with several officials." Not some crazy liberal. A Republican with contacts in the administration. Does this person realize what he or she is saying? We had days of warning before the disaster struck, and still, the problem was that people were on vacation, that no one was in charge? What if it had been a terrorist attack? Are they serious?

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