Confusion Over Chain of Command
The federal agencies said that they were there to "support" the state and local government agencies. The national guard claimed the same.
On Saturday, September 3, NPR reported there was 'no central command post' and people were not being told when they would be evacuated from New Orleans.
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Famous quotes containing the words confusion, chain and/or command:
“Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to characterize our age.”
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
“You know, he wanted to shoot the Royal Family, abolish marriage, and put everybody who’d been to public school in a chain gang. Yeah, he was a idealist, your dad was.”
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“Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)