And if we make the process political, if we start to make it personal, we're actually going to frustrate good public policy, in terms of managing this money. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
And one of the things I want to say, Wolf, is we're 100 days from hurricane season, and we've got to start focusing on what we're going to do to make ourselves ready for the next hurricane. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
First, we did rank everybody by risk, and New York comes out number one. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
Now, I'm not suggesting we're going to wait 40 years or even four years, but I think we have to put in perspective the fact that we've come quite a distance. We have quite a distance to come - go, as well. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
The second thing we did was said, OK, we've now identified the risk, but what do you want to do with the money? Because it's not enough to have risk; you've got to have a meaningful use for the money we give you. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
We may have to force people to get together in terms of picking a particular type of technology and starting to build to that technology, as opposed to everybody exercising their right to buy their own system, you know, at will. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
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. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
Well, I think first of all there was a failure to have real, clear information at our disposal. There was a real lack of situational awareness. We didn't have the capabilities on the ground to give us real-time, accurate assessments of the physical condition of the city. Michael Chertoff American Public Servant More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
Mike managed over 160 disasters during his tenure at FEMA, and his service in those disasters has been commended by many, ... He has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to the unprecedented challenge posed by Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee breach. He is a good man, and I personally appreciate his work and his commitment. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
It was midday Tuesday that I became aware of the fact that there was no possibility of plugging the gap and that essentially the lake was going to start to drain into the city. I think that second catastrophe really caught everybody by surprise. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
[When Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael Brown asserted on ABC News' Nightline last Thursday that he had only just learned of evacuees stranded at the city's convention centre, host Ted Koppel challenged:] Don't you guys watch television? ... a total failure. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
Admiral Allen has my full support in the very difficult work we have ahead. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
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. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
While it is very important to focus an enormous amount of attention and effort on what is going on here, we can't afford to let our guard down in respect to other threats that might happen. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0
I'm going to answer the questions. I thought I was about as clear as I possibly could be in English as to what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Michael Chertoff More Michael Chertoff Quotes 0