Despite Warnings, Washington Failed to Fund Levee Projects
For years, Washington had been warned that doom lurked just beyond the levees. And for years, the White House and Congress had dickered over how much money to put into shoring up century-old dikes and carrying out newer flood control projects to protect the city of New Orleans.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405B.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/090405B.shtml
Starmail - 5. Sep, 16:22
