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    03 September 2005

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    Some critics are suggesting President Bush was as least partly responsible for the flooding in New Orleans. In a widely quoted opinion piece, former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal says that "the damage wrought by the hurricane may not entirely be the result of an act of nature," and cites years of reduced funding for federal flood-control projects around New Orleans.

    Our fact-checking confirms that Bush indeed cut funding for projects specifically designed to strengthen levees. Indeed, local officials had been complaining about that for years.

    It is not so clear whether the money Bush cut from levee projects would have made any difference, however, we're not in a position to judge that. The Army Corps of Engineers– which is under the President's command and has its own reputation to defend– insists that Katrina was just too strong, and that even if the levee project had been completed it was only designed to withstand a category 3 hurricane.

    That is incorrect. The current levees were made to take a Cat. 3. Numerous requests were made to fund further precautionary projects to exceed the Cat 3 limit they had. I'm not saying that the levees would have made it, it wasn't the levees that failed; but the soil that connected the levees (or locks if you will). But to say that the proposed improvements would have only amounted to protection from the surge of a Cat. 3 storm is completely inaccurate and prompts serious questions about the legitimacy of the factcheck.org crew.

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