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PUTTING THEIR BEST EFFORTS      
TOWARDS IT.                     

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THAT NEEDS TO BE GOOD.          
YOU CAYOU CAN'T UNDO THE DISAST.

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>> HOW DOES THIS COMPARE TO THE 
RELIEF EFFORTS AFTER THE        

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EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI, AFTER RITA,
KATRINA?                        

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>> THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD        
QUESTIONS.                      

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FIRST OF ALL, IN KATRINA, WE HAD
RESOURCES DEPLOYED FOR ALMOST A 

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WEEK BUT THEY WEREN'T           
COORDINATED UNDER A CENTRAL     

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COMMAND AND CONTROL STRUCTURE   
THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE     

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APPLIED TO THE HIGHEST NEED.    
WHEN I GOT THERE A WEEK LATER,  

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WORKING WITH RUSS ONERAY, WE    
PERFORMED HOUSE TO HOUSE SWEEPS 

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TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO ONE   
NEEDING TO BE RESCUED.          

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IN HAITHAITI, THE STATE DEPARTM 
HAS THE LEAD FOR INTERNATIONAL  

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SUPPORT AND RECOVERY.           
THAT WAS DONE BY SECRETARY      

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CLINTON AT THE TIME.            
I WAS PART OF THAT OPERATION.   

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WE MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH HAITI 
TO TAKE OVER THEIR AIR SPACE AND

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THEN WE EXPEDITED BRINGING THE  
EQUIPMENT IN BY AIR BECAUSE THAT

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WAS THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET IT
IN.                             

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TWO VERY DIFFERENT ISSUES BUT   
VERY COMPLICATED.               

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THE ISSUE IN BOTH PLACES TO GET 
EVERYBODY COORDINATED, AGREE ON 

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THE TASKING, PRIORITIZE IT AND  
MOVE AT FULL SPEED.             

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>> AFTER HARVEY IN TEXAS, IRMA  
IN FLORIDA, IT SEEMED LIKE THE  

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AID WAS MOVING MUCH MORE        
RAPIDLY.                        

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IS THAT BECAUSE THE LOGISTICS   
ARE EASIER?                     

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>> I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT.   
YOU'RE DEALING WITH GEOGRAPHY.  

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THE ONLY WAY INTO PUERTO RICO IS
BY AIR OR BY SEA.               

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THERE ARE VERY ISOLATED VILLAGES
THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO  

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GET TO EVEN IN NORMAL           
CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THAT'S PART  

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OF THE CHALLENGE.               
>> I SEEM TO RECALL IN HAITI    

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WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE THAT THERE
WERE AIR DROPS.                 

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WHY WOULDN'T THERE BE AIR DROPS 
INTO THE MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR OF

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PUERTO RICO?                    
>> I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS OF  

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HOW THEY COULD HAVE BEEN        
DEPLOYED.                       

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I THINK IT'S A LOGICAL QUESTION