MIKE BROWN DIRECTOR FEMA, EXPLAINS
FEMA director Michael Brown answers questions about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans at a new conference in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 7, 2005. (UPI Photo/James Terry)
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