Chapter 42: Katrina and the Challenge of New Institutions
1. Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, “Hurricane Katrina Interim Timeline (August-September 2005),” October 17, 2005.
2. Rumsfeld to Myers, “USG’s Ability to Deal with Catastrophic Events—Natural or Terrorist,” September 20, 2005.
3. OSD Policy, “Gaps and Seams in Protecting the US Homeland,” August 11, 2005.
4. Rumsfeld, “Homeland Defense,” May 25, 2004.
5. Active-Duty Unit Timeline, September 3, 2005.
6. Joint Hearing of the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities of the Armed Services Committee, “Military and National Guard Roles in Disaster Response,” statement of Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, 109th Cong., 1st sess., November 9, 2005.
7. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Daily Update on Department of Defense KATRINA Activity,” September 9, 2005.
8. Rumsfeld to Myers, “USG’s Ability to Deal with Catastrophic Events—Natural or Terrorist,” September 20, 2005.
9. Joint Hearing of the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, and Capabilities of the Armed Services Committee, “Military and National Guard Roles in Disaster Response,” statement of Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense, 109th Cong., 1st sess., November 9, 2005.
10. Maureen Dowd, “United States of Shame,” New York Times, September 3, 2005; Howard Dean, interviewed by Wolf Blitzer, The Situation Room, CNN, September 9, 2005.
11. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Some Illustrative New Approaches and Initiatives to Meet the 21st Century Challenges,” April 21, 2006.
12. Rumsfeld, “Intel Issue,” September 8, 2004; Rumsfeld to Bush, “Intelligence ‘Reform,’” September 11, 2004; Rumsfeld to Card et al., “Possible Talking Points,” October 22, 2004; Philip Shenon, “Joint Chiefs Chairman Urges Curbs on New Intelligence Post,” New York Times, October 23, 2004.
13. Rumsfeld, “Goldwater-Nichols for the USG,” February 8, 2004.
14. Rumsfeld to Card et al., “Transforming the USG,” August 25, 2004.
15. Department of Defense news transcript, “Secretary Rumsfeld Remarks at the Truman Library, Independence, Mo.,” March 2, 2006.
16. Rumsfeld to Bush et al., “Some Illustrative New Approaches and Initiatives to Meet the 21st Century Challenges,” April 21, 2006.
17. Rumsfeld, “Role of US Military,” March 26, 2004.
18. “A Major Change of Public Opinion In the Muslim World: Results from a New Poll of Indonesians,” Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion, poll conducted February 1-6, 2005.
19. “US Senate Passes Resolution Based on Terror Free Tomorrow’s Findings,” Terror Free Tomorrow: The Center for Public Opinion, 2006; S. Res. 356, 109th Cong., 2d sess., January 27, 2006.
20. Rumsfeld, “A Nation and the Civilized World at War in the 21st Century,” January 18, 2005.
