Michael Chertoff Quotes on Time (8 Quotes)

We will have time to go back and do an after-action report, but the time right now is to look at what the enormous tasks ahead are,

willingness to take on the vital task of leading FEMA during this challenging time.

We are committed to cutting red tape and getting help to people who need it, ... We are getting real assistance in record time.

But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don't have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges.

That might be a model for some kind of data retention issue. It might be one that would say the government, instead of holding the data itself, will allow it to remain in the private sector, provided the private sector retains it for a period of time so we can ping against it.

Chertoff flashed impatience when a reporter tried to ask Brown if he would resign and if he would respond to a Time magazine report that he inflated his rsum. Here are the ground rules I'm going to answer the questions, ... I've explained what we're doing. I thought I was about as clear as I possibly could be in English as to what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Next question.

We're going to go back and look at all of this after-action, when we have time, but I've got to emphasize something We are still in the middle of an emergency.

We're going to make sure that victims of this disaster, whatever their economic circumstances, get the necessary financial assistance to ensure that they can obtain a temporary residence for the time being, ... These programs have been designed to give families the maximum amount of flexibility and freedom to decide where they want to relocate and what they want to do over the next few months.