A senior administration official said that Bush has clear legal authority to federalize National Guard units to quell civil disturbances under the Insurrection Act and will continue to try to unify the chains of command that are split among the president, the Louisiana governor and the New Orleans mayor.
Quelling civil disturbances was not the issue before the storm. It is now. In context of the whole article, these discussion have clearly been in the last couple of days not before the storm.
I really wish the administration had Blanco nailed to the wall on this one but they don't or they would have told us long ago.
Please don't go running with this one folks - you'll make us look bad. Wait a day and if there really was such an offer on Aug 26, you'll know for sure.
I agree if you'll reread the thread; I read the article too quickly.
And do NOT lecture me, please.