Condi Rice pledges to help locate foreigners ("doing everything we can")

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Rice-pledges-to-help-locate-foreigners/2005/09/07/1125772551369.html

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has responded to criticism that her government has not done enough to help foreigners missing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, saying it was doing "everything that we can" to help find them.

"We care very much, also, for what has happened to foreign nationals in this disaster," Rice told reporters in Washington as rescue efforts continued after the storm and floods that left thousands of people feared dead. More than a week after Katrina struck, several countries are still searching for missing citizens, including Australia.

Australia's Opposition Leader Kim Beazley has accused the Howard government of turning its back on Australians in need by not insisting its officials in the US be allowed in to the disaster zone to rescue them. Angry tourists and their families have also slammed the government's response to their plight, with the first Australian consular official allowed into New Orleans only on Monday.

Rice said: "We are doing everything that we can to assist embassies around the world and governments around the world to help locate their citizens."

[valerief]

1. She's like you-know-what on a bull

Useless.

[leftchick]

2. "now, watch this shoe shopping"

:eyes:

[Spinzonner]

3. Apparently this function is headquartered in the back room

of a shoe store.

Maybe FEMA has this function being headed by Al Bundy.