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HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH

Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff (front), introduces the new Acting Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response and director of FEMA, R. David Paulison at a press conference at FEMA headquarters September 13, 2005. (UPI Photo/ Bill Koplitz/FEMA )

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