Fed Memos Put Katrina Body Blame on Blanco

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Fed Memos Put Katrina Body Blame on Blanco
Bodies of people killed by Hurricane Katrina went uncollected for more than a week in the New Orleans area as the federal government waited for Louisiana's governor to decide what to do with them, according to memos released Thursday by a Republican-led House committee.

The 38 pages of e-mail between FEMA representatives and Pentagon officials contradict the contention by Louisiana's Democratic Gov. Kathleen Blanco, two weeks after Katrina hit on Aug. 29, that the federal government was moving too slowly to recover the bodies.

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Topics: News, Current Events, Gulf Coast, hurricane, Katrina, politics, Bush, FEMA, Blanco, Louisiana, New Orleans

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