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Ärende: Press Release (050905a) for Mon, 2005 Sep 5
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President Thanks Workers at the Emergency Operations Center
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 5, 2005

President Thanks Workers at the Emergency Operations Center
Emergency Operations Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana


˙˙˙˙˙In Focus: Hurricane Relief

1:05 P.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT: First of all, thanks for doing your duty. You face one of
the greatest challenges our country has ever faced. As a result of your
compassion, your hard work, your dedication, a lot of people's lives were
saved, and I want to thank you for that. I hope that makes you feel good to
know that you helped save life.

We've got a lot of work to do. I told the Governor and the senators and the
Congress people, I said, you know, if it's not right, we're going to fix
it, and if it is right, we're going to keep doing it. And this is just the
beginning of a huge effort to -- and we're going to continue to save life.
But you've got to know that lives are still being saved as we speak because
thousands of people are taking in these displaced souls in their homes and
churches and synagogues and mosques and providing love and compassion and
food.

This is -- this is one of these disasters that will test our soul and test
our spirit. And -- but we're going to show the world, once again, that not
only we will survive, but that we will be stronger and better for it when
it's all said and done, that amidst this darkness, there is light. And I
want to thank you all for providing light, immediate light to people who
needed help. You make your state and your local governments and your
country proud.

God bless you and your families. May God bless the victims, and may God
continue to bless our country. Thank you. (Applause.)

END 1:07 P.M. CDT
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