Gordon Russell writes in the New Orleans Times-Picayune: "President Bush, by Brinkley's lights, put too much trust in ill-equipped federal appointees, particularly Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and then-FEMA Director Michael Brown. Bush also engaged in a pointless set-to with Gov. Kathleen Blanco over who would control federal troops in Louisiana, Brinkley alleges. . . .
"Brinkley credits Blanco's refusal to cede control of National Guard units to the president with changing the course of Bush's second term in office. . ."
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