And I don't think anything that Frances Townsend or Mike Chertoff are proposing is going to fix that.

NPR: White House Unveils Disaster-Response Measures

White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, who conducted the review, says President Bush is more interested in the future.

NPR: White House Unveils Disaster-Response Measures

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Frances Townsend.

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CNN's Craig Bell, Deborah Feyerick, Samson Desta, Tim Lister, Jeanne Meserve, Susan Candiotti, Reza Sayah, Caroline Faraj, David Fitzpatrick, Drew Griffin, Carol Cratty and Frances Townsend contributed to this report.

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Ms. FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND (Homeland Security Advisor): Like all Americans he was not satisfied with the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, and he accepted responsibility for the shortcomings in the federal response.

NPR: White House Unveils Disaster-Response Measures

The fact that Brennan is coming from the West Wing and has frequently talked about the president's views on camera could make him political fodder, said Frances Fragos Townsend, CNN's national security contributor.

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