But where were you when they needed you???Bush to visit New Orleans
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CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - US President George W. Bush next week will visit New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast ravaged two years ago by Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Friday.
Bush will arrive in New Orleans on Tuesday after a fundraising swing and a speech to a US veterans group to defend the war in Iraq, spokesman Gordon Johndroe told reporters as the president spent time on his ranch here.
On Wednesday, Bush and First Lady Laura Bush "Bush will visit New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This will be the president's 15th visit to the region since Hurricane Katrina," said Johndroe.
"The president continues to follow through on his commitment to help local citizens rebuild their lives and communities on the Gulf Coast," said the spokesman.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070824/pl_afp/usstormkatrinabush_070824182735 A combo picture shows New Orleans firefighters walking through water as a looted sports store burns in the background in the city of New Orleans August 31, 2005 (TOP) and the same site almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)
A combo picture shows the scene outside the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina where on September 1, 2005 (TOP), a dead man was revealed under a blanket amid thousands made homeless, and (BOTTOM) the same site almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)
A combo picture shows thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors outside the Superdome sports stadium during their evacuation in New Orleans, Louisiana September 2, 2005 (TOP) and the same scene almost two years later on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES) REUTERS
A combo picture shows a rescued boy sitting on a highway overpass as a rescue boat looks for Hurricane Katrina survivors in New Orleans September 1, 2005 (TOP), and the same scene almost two years later on August 23, 2007 (BOTTOM). REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)
A combo picture shows a victim of Hurricane Katrina floating at the steps of the New Orleans Superdome on September 2, 2005 (TOP) and the same site almost two years later (BOTTOM) on August 23, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Reed (TOP), Lee Celano (BOTTOM) (UNITED STATES)
A work crew guts a home 22 August in Lakeview, a suburb of New Orleans, almost two years after the flood surge and levee breach from Hurricane Katrina. US President George W. Bush next week will visit New Orleans and parts of the Mississippi coast ravaged two years ago by Hurricane Katrina, the White House said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)
Flags commemorating people killed in Hurricane Katrina flutter in the wind at a cemetery in Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans suburb, August 24, 2007. REUTERS/Lee Celano (UNITED STATES)