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Article: New leadership, new hopes: how much difference will the Obama Administration make to the recovery of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?(AFTER KATRINA)(Barack Obama)
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- The American Prospect
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- March 1, 2009
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When Barack Obama arrived in Washington four years ago as a freshman senator, his first goal was a low profile. Hoping to dampen the high expectations he earned during his address at the Democratic National Convention, Obama cultivated friendships with other senators and developed his expertise on national affairs. One such partnership was with Sen. Tom Coburn, a conservative from Oklahoma, to remedy the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Obama visited New Orleans to criticize the Bush administration's emergency management and demanded better oversight of reconstruction funds.
Now, President Obama finds himself in charge of the same agencies that ...