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Trying to clean up after a current one, and remembering another, six years later Six years ago today, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, upending families and ravaging communities – and no one will forget the tragic events of those days.  But what’s required of us is more than remembrance – what’s required of us is our continued efforts to make sure that New Orleans and the Gulf Coast fully recover, and to make sure that our response to such disasters is the best it can possibly be. Katrina video, Trouble The Water, by two victims wins scores of awards.   Over the past several years, we’ve seen what Americans are capable of when tested.  We’ve seen the grit and determination of people on the Gulf Coast coming together to rebuild their communities, brick by brick, block by block.  At the same time, we’ve made sure the federal government is doing its part to help.  We’ve cut through red tape to free up funding for recovery efforts in L...

You have to wonder why this event couldn't have taken place when the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, was able to attend. After all, the event boasted all of the living presidents (Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and the two Bush presidents), except Barack Obama. Couldn't the event, or the President's travel plans to South America, have been better scheduled so that all of the Presidents - past and present - could be in the same company honoring George H.W. Bush at the same time? One one hand, it looks like your friends threw a party, but they didn't even bother to invite you. Honoree George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara are surrounded by former Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, and George W. and Laura Bush, plus Kennedy Center board chair David and Alice Rubenstein. On the other hand, one could make the case that on the day George H.W. Bush was honored by President Barack Obama at the White House with a Medal of F...

In less than a week, two of the George Bush administration's former cabinet members make the news. We told you about former Vice President Dick Cheney  earlier this week. On Friday former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice spoke at the National Press Club about her new book titled, Condoleezza Rice: A Memoir of My Extraordinary, Ordinary Family and Me.  Condoleezza Rice speaking at the National Press Club on Friday.  The accomplished Stanford grad spoke on a number of topics including growing up in Alabama amid its racist climate, how she credits her parents (and God) for her success, the strength of the African American community as she saw it during her childhood, 9/11, former president George W. Bush , and current President, Barack Obama (whom she met with later in the day at the White House). On the topic of meeting Obama, Rice said, "I'm sure we'll talk about whatever he wants to talk about." When asked about...

Focus: An End of Combat Operations in Iraq Along with the end to the war in Iraq is the old decor of the Oval Office.  President Obama in the Oval Office in 2009. Calling an end to U.S. combat involvement in Iraq, President Obama remarked - from his newly decorated Oval Office - that, ending the war is in the interest of Americans. “Ending this war is not only in Iraq’s interest – it is in our own. Adding that the U.S. has "paid a huge price to put the future of Iraq in the hands of its people." New focus. New direction. New Oval Office 2010. “Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country. This was my pledge to the American people as a candidate for this office. Last February, I announced a plan that would bring our combat brigades out of Iraq, while redoubling our efforts to strengthen Iraq’s Secur...

'Power of Dream' Annual Gala Honors Stars Galore Dan Rather poses along side of US Dream Academy honorees Judge Joe Brown, actress Angela Bassett, Mr. and Mrs. Wintley Phipps (Academy founders), and MLB's Jonathan Mariner. Photo/CD Brown. Dan Rather , perhaps the most famous face of America's evening news for more than half a century, was honored by the U.S. Dream Academy  this past Tuesday. Rather's extensive resume includes the coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Civil Rights Movement, Watergate, wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and the September 11, 2001 U.S. terror attack. Rather, who came under fire for his comments about President Obama during his 2008 election campaign, currently anchors Dan Rather Reports , with hard-edged field reports and in-depth interviews and investigative pieces.  He was honored along with actress Angela Bassett , The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee , Dr. Bernice King , Judge Joe...