America am(Bush)ed (Ron Fournier)

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<snip> Then came this stunning concession from Bush: Four years after September 11, Katrina makes him wonder whether the country is ready for the next terrorist strike.

"Are we capable of dealing with a severe attack? That's a very important question and it's in the national interest that we find out what went on so we can better respond," he said.

Several members of the nonpartisan commission that investigated the lead-up to September 11 said it looks like little has changed in federal disaster planning since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon. A Senate Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, said the Katrina response was plagued by confusion, communications failures and widespread lack of coordination - all of which should have been dealt with by expensive post-September 11 changes. <snip>

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