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TO BEGIN. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, I'M JAN KING, I'M ON THE BOOK AND AUTHOR COMMITTEE. WE'RE SO HONORED TONIGHT TO HAVE AS...
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| 00:04:44 |
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EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR COMING OUT. I APPRECIATE IT. I WAS JUST THINKING, JAN, YOU WERE TALKING, ONE THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME THAT I HADN'T THOUGHT...
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| 00:22:11 |
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ANECDOTE. >> OKAY. >> WHEN YOU MENTIONED
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| 00:22:13 |
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THAT, I HAD TO LAUGH. I DID A LITTLE -- I'M A HUMOR AUTHOR. I DID A ROAST AND HE DIDN'T LIKE IT. HE WENT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION THE NEXT DAY AND CALLED...
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| 00:22:33 |
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FUNNY. GO GOOGLE MY NAME. SEE WHAT YOU COME UP WITH. COME ON. LOOK, I'VE BEEN GRILLED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE UNITED STATES SENATE. I THINK...
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| 00:22:50 |
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SON IS A LATTER DAY SAINT AND COMMUNITY. WHAT WAS THE ROLE WITH CHURCH GROUPS COMES IN TO HELP. HOW DO THEY SET IT UP? WHO GOES? >> THOSE PEOPLE THAT
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| 00:23:04 |
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WORKED WITH ME KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THE NGOs, NONGOVERNMENT. I THINK THEY ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND THE MOST RAPID RESPONDERS THAT YOU CAN HAVE. YOU...
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| 00:26:08 |
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CHANGED? YOU TALK ABOUT POLICY. DO YOU BELIEVE THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND THAT WE ARE READY FOR LIKE JOPLIN, MISSOURI, THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH THERE...
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| 00:26:26 |
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I DON'T THINK SO. THE REASON I DON'T THINK IS TWOFOLD. THERE WAS A STEREOTYPICAL REACTION TO KATRINA IN THE AFTERMATH. WE'LL NEVER LET THAT HAPPENED...
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| 00:29:55 |
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YOU THINK OF THE PERFORMANCE WHERE THE TORNADOES AND FLOODS? >> I LOVE
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| 00:30:00 |
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CRAIG. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM THOUGH, CRAIG IS THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF FEMA. I'M KNOWN CRAIG SINCE HE WORKED IN FLORIDA. CRAIG IS DOING SOMETHING...
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| 00:32:24 |
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FEMA? DO THEY HAVE OFFICES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OR JUST HERE? >> WHAT'S THE CURRENT
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| 00:32:30 |
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NUMBER? 4? 4,000. 4. [LAUGHTER] IT WAS LIKE 3500 OR SO. PAUL TELLS ME IT'S NOW ABOUT 4,000. 4,000 FULL TIME. IT'S A CADRAY OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE THAT...
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| 00:33:26 |
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OFFICES? >> IN NINE OR TEN REGIONS
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| 00:33:29 |
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AND SPREAD OUT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> WAS IT FOR
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| 00:33:31 |
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FEMA? >> IT WAS AT ONE TIME --
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| 00:33:33 |
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WHAT? WHEN I WAS THERE, THE OPERATING BUDGET WAS -- LET ME GIVE YOU -- I KNOW THIS HAS CHANGED. THE CAVEAT BEFORE YOU START WRITING THIS DOWN. WHEN...
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| 00:35:31 |
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SOCIETY CHANGE IT'S THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT FEMA DOES? SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENED? FEMA ISN'T HERE YET. WE CALL FEMA AND CAN'T TALK TO ANYONE....
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| 00:35:57 |
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TO WANT TO CHANGE IT. EVERY DISASTER AFFECTS AT LEAST ONE UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN, TWO U.S. SENATORS, AND ONE GOVERNOR. WHAT IS THEIR MOTIVATION...
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| 00:39:17 |
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HAD HAPPENED WAS NOT JUST A CRISIS. WAS ALSO A CRISIS OF CONTROL IN THE MEDIA TOO. ALLOWING WHAT THE FILM TO PORTRAY IT AND NO ONE GOT AHEAD OF IT....
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| 00:39:32 |
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THAT I GIVE IN THE BOOK IS ANDERSON COOPER. I DON'T KNOW WHO ANDERSON TALKED TO. HE DESPERATELY WANTED TO GET ONE THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS BOATS...
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| 00:42:46 |
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YES, SIR? >> ONE THE PROBLEMS,
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| 00:42:48 |
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YOU WERE SAYING THE NEW DIRECTOR OF FEMA IS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS. THAT'S A GOOD THING. MAYBE THE WORRIES SHOULD BE INSTILLING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS....
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| 00:42:58 |
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EXACTLY. >> IT'S LIKE WE'RE PUTTING
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| 00:43:00 |
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THE STANDARD SOMEWHERE. NO, YOU CAN'T ACHIEVE THAT STANDARD. >> I THINK HE MAKES A
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| 00:43:05 |
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GOOD POINT. IT IS REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. IT'S GETTING THE EXPECTATIONS DOWN TO A REALISTIC LEVEL. THAT IS WHEN THE TEAMS GO. THIS IS THE AMAZING THING...
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| 00:45:31 |
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PLAN. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> SHE DID NOT
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| 00:45:33 |
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GET FLOODED. SHE GOT OUT OF TOWN BUT IT WAS MAYHEM. IT WAS HORRIBLE. SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER SHE HAD A HOUSE TO COME BACK TO OR
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| 00:45:52 |
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WHAT. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> PEOPLE WOULD
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| 00:45:54 |
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READ. WE HAD A SNOWSTORM THAT PRETTY MUCH LOST PEOPLE FOR THE BETTER PART OF A WEEK EARLIER AND A STORM PEOPLE COULDN'T GET HOME AND THEY ACTUALLY...
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| 00:46:19 |
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THINGS WE DID ON POST 9/11 THAT JAMES TALKED ABOUT IN THE INTRODUCTION WE TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS A SMALL ATTACK OR THE DIRTY BOMB WITHIN THE NATIONAL...
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| 00:48:00 |
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THE FEDERAL AND YOU BREAK DOWN THE BUREAUCRACY IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL TO THE STATE LEVEL GOVERNOR NOW WHAT. FOR THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY...
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| 00:48:39 |
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AMAZES ME OF MY TALK SHOW OR JUST GIVING LECTURES AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT THIS PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU WORK IN WASHINGTON, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND...
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| 00:50:18 |
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VARIOUS DISASTERS AND OR NOT THE FIRST DIRECTOR JUST HERE A MONTH AGO THAT WAS THE RESPONSE OF THE THE THE BE PREPARED TALKING ABOUT HER BOOK BUT I...
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| 00:50:47 |
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TWO SIGNIFICANT REASONS. FIRST, R. DEE.GOV ME BE GREAT BUT IT'S THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE IS A NATURAL IN FROM THE GOVERNMENT I DO IT. I HEARD A COMMERCIAL...
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| 00:51:11 |
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JURY CYNICAL ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT TELLING US WHAT TO DO A AND RIGHTFULLY SO AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER IMPORTANCE AND THAT IS WE HAVE. IT IS DIFFICULT...
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| 00:54:05 |
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OF THE PROBLEM BEING EXPECTATIONS ARE JUST BLOWN UP PROPORTIONATELY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THE AM I CAN AND CANNOT DO AND HOW QUICKLY IT CAN OR CANNOT...
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| 00:55:34 |
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IN CALIFORNIA. WOULD IT BE A PART OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA TO HAVE THEM DO THAT OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRIED TO GROW IN A...
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| 00:57:51 |
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BETWEEN SCOPE AND SCALE OF VERSES WHAT GOES ON EVERY DAY VERSES BUT TRUE COMMAND. >> PAUL SPEED 5. IS THE SCOPE
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| 00:58:03 |
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OF SAN ANDREAS, THE SCOPE OF THAT IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS AND THERE WILL BE TENS IF YOU GET A PERSPECTIVE WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT HOUSING 100,000 PEOPLE...
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| 00:59:13 |
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WANT TO GET INTELLECTUAL IN TERMS OF THE DISCUSSION, BUT WE LIVE A LIKELIHOOD OF A CATASTROPHIC EVENT IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT IS...
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| 01:00:47 |
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MANY OF YOU COULD GO THREE OR FOUR DAYS WITHOUT YOUR DEBIT CARD OR CREDIT CARD? [LAUGHTER] - KNOW SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEIR...
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| 01:01:06 |
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QUESTIONS. HOW WERE THOSE IN TURNS DOING BACK THERE? >> THE LAST SIX YEARS
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| 01:01:14 |
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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CRITICISM ON THE CREDENTIALS. CAN YOU TALKING LOT ABOUT THIS TO LEAD AN AGENCY YOU'RE NOT JAMES, YOU DON'T HAVE THE KIND OF EXPERIENCE...
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| 01:01:40 |
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CYCLE FIGHT? -- WAS ON A QUALIFIED? GOOD ANSWER. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR A PRESIDENT TO LOOK AT ANY CABINET POSITION UNLESS YOU HAVE A NUCLEAR...
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| 01:04:06 |
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TRAINING BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IF I NEEDED A BRAIN SURGEON TO FILL THAT JOB, TO HAVE THE EXPERTISE AND I NEED A NUCLEAR PHYSICIST TO DO THIS JOB...
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| 01:05:30 |
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ASKING TO BE AS THE DIRECTOR THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU WERE WHICH MUST HAVE MEANT YOU MUST HAVE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB. >> JUST TRYING TO GET
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| 01:05:38 |
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STUFF DONE. >> ANYBODY
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| 01:05:43 |
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ELSE? >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
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| 01:05:45 |
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COUNTRIES WE COULD MODEL TO THE DISASTERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO DO A BETTER JOB FERC SYMBOL ISRAEL ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY ARE A POPULATION THAT HAS...
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| 01:06:18 |
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COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD WE COULD EMULATE AND LEARN FROM AND ONE OF THE PERSISTENT PROBLEMS WE'VE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY IS OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO TO...
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| 01:08:10 |
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THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY HAVE POLITICAL VIEWS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT ROLE, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF KIND...
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| 01:08:43 |
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TO THOSE MOST AFFECTED. DEVOLVING THE THE POLICY RESPONSE DOWN THERE IS WHAT I WOULD RATHER SEE, AND I THINK FEMA HAS A GREAT ROLE IN TERMS OF TRAINING...
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| 01:12:05 |
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BETTER WAYS, WE STILL DON'T HAVE IT. HOW WOULD HE DO WE FIGURED OUT A BETTER WAY TO ENCOURAGE AND RECOGNIZED THAT TO GET LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO...
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| 01:13:18 |
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ELSE? [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 01:13:24 |
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BEFORE MICHAEL CLEAVES I'M GOING TO PRESENT HIM WITH A NATIONAL PRESS CLUB MUD. SO IN ANY DISASTER THIS IS ALL YOU NEED. [LAUGHTER] THIS IS ALL WE NEED...
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| 01:13:49 |
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OUT. >> THAT WAS MICHAEL
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| 01:13:51 |
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BROWN, FORMER RECTOR OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. FOR MORE INFLATION, VISIT HIS WEB SITE, MICHAELBROWNTODAY.COM. >>> FORMER MEXICAN FOREIGN
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