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Katrina Postscript: Red Tape and Sniping Leave New Orleans in Danger

Nearly four years after Hurricane Katrina, key fixes to New Orleans' levee system remain unaddressed because local authorities, members of Congress and the Army Corps of Engineers still have not agreed on which steps are necessary to protect the city from catastrophic flooding. At a sometimes contentious Capitol Hill hearing today on the readiness of New Orleans' levee system, the head of the Army Corps of Engineers' Mississippi Valley Division told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that construction on a permanent solution for three crucial Katrina flood points has not yet ...

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