President Bush and Katrina

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European Commission

Brussels

27/01/2009 - 00:00

Description

The flooding caused in New Orleans by hurricane Katrina could have been prevented

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Speech Details

Language

(en) English

Speech number: 22609

Duration

08:06

Level

Beginner

Use

Simultaneous

Domains

General

Terminology

Barack Obama, to take office, to follow in the steps, President George Bush, to go down in history, flooding, vulnerable city, below sea-level, levees, Category 3 storm, to fail to address the problem, below the poverty line, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), to give ample warning, cramped, fuelled claims, to blame for the mess