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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Command  —  WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being relieved of his command of the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina onsite relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Friday.
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MSNBC:
FEMA chief relieved of Katrina duties  —  Move follows controversy over Brown's qualifications, agency's response  —  WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, government sources said Friday.
Lara Jakes Jordan / breitbart.com:   FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties
Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Flight 93 marker design picked  —  Maple trees, wind chimes honor those who died  —  WASHINGTON — It will serve as a living tribute.  With each wind, each breeze, a set of chimes housed in a 93-foot tower will create a different song in memory of the 40 people who sacrificed their lives trying to save the lives of others.
Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Donklephant
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Clueless Memorial Design, Take 2  —  The designers of the Flight 93 memorial at the impact site unveiled their effort yesterday.  In what seems to be a typical case of cluelessness among memorial designers, the site will prominently feature the religious symbol of the attackers themselves (via Michelle Malkin):
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:   NOT ONE DIME
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Padilla's detention upheld  —  The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that President Bush's power to order the detention of suspected terrorists extends to seizures of U.S. citizens inside this country.  The ruling against Jose Padilla is directly contrary to a victory Padilla won in the Second Circuit …
Discussion: Balkinization and Power Line
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Party of Performance  —  In the aftermath of Katrina, there's an opening for a different kind of politics in America.  The new politics isn't about values; it isn't about settling scores.  It's about performance.  It's about putting a wounded, shaken country back on its feet …
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Washington Post:
Head of Federal Katrina Relief Effort Replaced  —  Death Toll May Not Be as High as Originally Feared  —  Authorities in New Orleans today wrapped up a search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and launched a concerted operation to recover the bodies of people who perished in the flooding caused …
Shaun Waterman / Washington Times:
Cops trapped survivors in New Orleans  —  Police from surrounding jurisdictions shut down several access points to one of the only ways out of New Orleans last week, effectively trapping victims of Hurricane Katrina in the flooded and devastated city.  —  An eyewitness account …
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Tight Constraints on Pentagon's Freedom Walk  —  Event Remembering 9/11, Troops to Be Kept 'Sterile,' Limited to Preregistered  —  Organizers of the Pentagon's 9/11 memorial Freedom Walk on Sunday are taking extraordinary measures to control participation in the march and concert …
Will Lester / Associated Press:
In Poll, Most Say Abandon Flooded Areas  —  WASHINGTON - More than half the people in this country say the flooded areas of New Orleans lying below sea level should be abandoned and rebuilt on higher ground.  —  An AP-Ipsos poll found that 54 percent of Americans want the vast sections …
Discussion: Daly Thoughts
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CNN:
FEMA director Brown recalled to Washington  —  Official: Coast Guard admiral to coordinate Katrina relief efforts  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen will replace Michael Brown, the embattled FEMA director, as the on-site head of hurricane relief operations in the Gulf Coast …
Discussion: PunditGuy
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CNN:   Admiral takes over Katrina relief
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, GUYS  —  Today is September 9, the first anniversary of "Rathergate."  It was at 7:51 on the morning of Sept. 9, 2004, that Scott hit the "save" button on the original version of "The Sixty-First Minute," that discussed the 60 Minutes program on President Bush's National Guard service …
Discussion: mediabistro and Ed Driscoll.com
April Castro / Associated Press:
DeLay Organization Indicted in Texas  —  AUSTIN, Texas - A political organization formed by House Majority leader Tom DeLay and a prominent Texas business group face charges of taking illegal corporate money during the 2002 legislative campaigns.  —  DeLay, R-Texas, was not indicted …
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
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Erwin Seba / Reuters:
Texas groups linked to DeLay indicted in scandal
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Donklephant
Thomas / The Galvin Opinion:
FORGOTTEN NATIONAL TRAGEDY: BILL CLINTON AND 1,000 DEATHS IN THE "CHICAGO HEAT WAVE" OF 1995  —  Hillary Clinton has called for a "Katrina Commission."  How come she never called for a commission to investigate why at least 1,000 Americans died in a 1995 heat wave when her husband was president?
USA Today:
A compassionate Bush was absent right after Katrina  —  News analysis by Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush has shown that he can be empathetic, sensitive and decisive.  But those qualities eluded him for days after Hurricane Katrina …
Dwight / DomeBlog:
DeLay to evacuees: 'Is this kind of fun?'  —  U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's visit to Reliant Park this morning offered him a glimpse of what it's like to be living in shelter.  —  While on the tour with top administration officials from Washington, including U.S. Secretary …

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Billmon:
Hitting the Wall  —  There are still a lot of things …
Michael / AMERICAblog:
Scotty Lies Again About News Coverage Of Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans Dodged A Bullet
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
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Tony Snow / Townhall.com:
The Over-Responders  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Hurricane Katrina …
Discussion: QandO and Daily Pundit
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Hughes Is Varnishing the Nation's Tarnish
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Jack Shafer / slate.com:
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Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
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Discussion: The American Scene
George W. Bush / White House:
Proclamation by the President: National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
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