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Clinton: Independent Commission Needed to Examine Gov’t Response

HeadlineSep 06, 2005

Meanwhile former President Bill Clinton told CNN that the government had failed the people of the Gulf Coast and he called for the eventual formation of an independent commission to examine the government’s response to Katrina. “I think there should be an analysis of what happened and I have some strong feelings on how I feel FEMA should be organized and operated but the time to do that, in my opinion is after some time passes,” said Clinton. “Right now we still have…we are still finding bodies there and there might be some people alive there.

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