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"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government. And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility."
GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, for the first time holding himself accountable for the government's inadequate response to Hurricane Katrina

"A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped."
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF, Pakistan's President, in an interview with the Washington Post , in which he claimed that rape has become a...