Why doesn't McHale send in the Navy?

[norml]

Earlier this afternoon, Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense, said DoD anticipates sending a 500-bed mobile hospital to the New Orleans area, as well as USNS Comfort, a Baltimore-based hospital ship. Comfort is expected to leave its homeport Sept. 2, arriving in the region around Sept. 8, McHale said.

McHale said a request for the military to contribute as many as 800 people to assist the American Red Cross with shelter support "is under active consideration," and DoD has 1. 5 million cases of field rations available if needed.

As the military responds to immediate needs, Scherling said, DoD planners are looking ahead so they're prepared to respond to needs yet to be identified. "We're leaning forward and anticipating what is going to be needed," she said.

McHale echoed that message during a joint news conference today in which Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and representatives of various federal agencies outlined the extent of the disaster response.


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http://www.blackanthem.com/World/2005090114.html

http://news.google.com/news?q=%22paul+mchale%22&hl=en&lr=&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

[true_notes]

1. McHale's Navy....nuf said n/t

[norml]

3. Ernest Borgnine as McHale

[Webster Green]

2. Why doesn't Keystone send in the cops? (n/t)

[lectrobyte]

4. I'm beginning to understand the nature of the problem

[Turbineguy]

5. "What's going on here!...

Wha..Wha..Wha!"