26 Quotes by Paul McHale

We all have different radios. We all use different frequencies. Yet we all must be able to talk to each other.

We will be deploying into New Orleans a force the size of the New Orleans police department each day, every day, for the next three days. That is a remarkable movement of law enforcement capability into an area that clearly needs augmentation and reinforcement,

We cannot excuse that kind of misconduct because we happen to belong to the same party as the president or agree with him on issues or feel tragically that the removal of the president from office would be enormously painful for the United States of America.

we want to do more than watch TV. . . . We want to ensure as a matter of policy we have better eyes on target.

DoD felt a sense of urgency and acted upon it.

Could we have physically moved combat forces into an American city, without the governor's consent, for purposes of using those forces - untrained at that point in law enforcement - for law enforcement duties? Yes.

Early situational awareness was poor, a problem that should have been corrected following identical damage assessment challenges during Hurricane Andrew,

Federalizing the National Guard for purposes of law enforcement would be a last resort, not a first resort.

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