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Published: Wed, August 29, 2007 - 1:00 pm
Last Updated: Wed, August 29, 2007 - 6:57 pm
President Bush is marking Hurricane Katrina's devastating blow two years ago by celebrating those he says have "dedicated their lives to the renewal of New Orleans" even as he and others are criticized for not doing more to get the city and Gulf Coast back to their former selves.Bush and his wife, Laura, are to spend today's anniversary remembering the storm in New Orleans and Bay Saint Louis, Miss.
It is the president's 15th visit to the Gulf Coast since the massive hurricane obliterated coastal Mississippi, drowned most of the Big Easy and killed 1,600 people in Louisiana and Mississippi when it roared onto land the morning of August 29th, 2005. It is only his second stop in these parts since last year's anniversary.
The performance by the president and the federal government in the immediate aftermath of the storm - and some residents' lingering sense of abandonment since - severely dented Bush's image as a take-charge leader.
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