Paul McHale Quotes (12 Quotes)

These preliminary observations, and others under review, form the framework for an in-depth analysis of our response to Hurricane Katrina and will enable DoD to better plan for the next catastrophic event.

It's the Constitution of the United States. It's the recognized authority both of the national government and of the state governments, creating a dual chain of command.

Katrina taught us we can't rely on cable news broadcasts and early written reports to give an accurate assessment of the loss.

Perjury is not excused by an apology compelled by overwhelming evidence and delivered under pressure ... This is no longer a question of private morality or political popularity. I have concluded that President Clinton should resign or face impeachment.

However, we are looking at a wide range of contingencies, potentially involving Title 10 forces (federal troops) if a pandemic outbreak of a biological threat were to occur,

The Department of Defense, taking lessons from Katrina, intends to send surveillance aircraft soon after Rita strikes land to determine the magnitude of the relief required and, secondly, where it would be required, ... We want to ensure as a matter of policy we have better eyes on target.

U.S. military forces executed the largest, fastest, most comprehensive and most responsive civil support mission ever. In a domestic relief operation unprecedented in scale, over 72,000 federal military and National Guard forces flowed into the Gulf Coast region over a 12-day period to assist fellow Americans in distress.

It is conceivable that a biological event would be so large, so catastrophic, that every agency of the federal government, most especially to include DoD, would be involved in a comprehensive federal response,

The role of the military within domestic American society, both by law and by history, has been carefully constrained, and there is nothing in our strategy that would move away from that historic principle.

The word is 'caution. We have to look at a mission and decide if a civilian capability is available and appropriate.

If Rita had produced catastrophic damage, we would not have been reliant on media reports to scope and assess that damage.

And my expectation is that any quarantine measures that would be put in place would likely involve a substantial employment of the National Guard, probably under command and control of the governor of an affected state,