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 White House Press Briefing by Tony Snow 5/8/07 (Kansas Disaster Response) — Tuesday, May 08, 2007 — MR. SNOW: I don't -- that's a hypothetical question that I'm not sure -- Q It's not hypothetical. MR. SNOW: Well, it is -- let me put it this way. We have no indication that people did not get what they needed as soon as they needed it. Q So they couldn't have moved in sooner had they -- MR. SNOW: Again, things were moved -- again, some of the things -- let me just give you a sense -- Q As quickly as they could now doesn't mean as quickly as they could were they not deployed. MR. SNOW: Let me give you a sense of what's available in the state, because I think -- resources available: I already told you 83,000 National Guard units in the region, 99 bulldozers, 61 loaders, 246 dump trucks, 59 graders, 228 heavy expandable mobility tactical trucks, 2,243 2.5 and 5-ton trucks, 70 palletalized load systems. There's a lot of stuff available. So, again, I think this is one where the equipment was available and everybody was moving as rapidly as possible. Q This morning you said the only thing the Kansas Governor requested was FM radios. Has she, in fact, requested more now? MR. SNOW: I believe so. Let me take a quick look. I think there are a couple of other items that have been requested and supplied. Let's see, the state has requested a mobile command center, an urban search and rescue task force, a mobile office building, 40 two-way radios, and coordination calls between Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma, to determine if they need extra Black Hawks; Kansas has six, Texas and Oklahoma have offered to make available another five to six if necessary. So those are the things that the state has requested, that FEMA has provided. Q And if the Governor repeats her concern that she's expressed for many months about National Guard units to the President, face to face, what will his response be? MR. SNOW: Well, the response will be -- again, what you're doing is you're taking a separate issue about National Guard deployment and how that works into national security concerns, and this particular case. Was there anything she needed that she didn't have? And the answer she gave to Fran was, no. And she praised Mr. Paulison, Administrator Paulison on the swift response. I think you've got to step back and realize that there are plenty of times to talk about this, but the real focal point is the devastation in Greensburg. And I think when you get to a situation like that, I think the President and the Governor and other politicians and citizens, my guess will be sufficiently struck by the enormity of what they see and the incredible devastation. You really -- your natural inclination is, we can talk about these things, but let's get our job done here first. >> Full Story
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