5 Quotes by Donald Kettl

We are going to rebuild New Orleans more or less where it is, so we start out with a lot of constraints on the process, ... It is time to put a lot of interesting ideas in the hopper, but it is certainly clear that pre-conceived ideological notions ... are going to prove lacking.

James Lee Witt brings to the table a track record of success. He's got the franchise. He's got star power.

You can never be sure exactly what collection of problems youre going to face, ... Thats why you need your whole toolbox in front of you.

As catastrophic an event as 9/11 was, it was at least geographically bounded,

It was a more intense, focused and immediate response. But the widest-angle lens doesnt begin to do justice to the scope of the situation with Katrina.