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Bush had the legal authority to order the National Guard to the disaster area himself, as he did after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks .
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In addition to Guard help, the federal government could have activated, but did not, a major air support plan under a pre-existing contract with airlines. The program, called Civilian Reserve Air Fleet, lets the government quickly put private cargo and passenger planes into service.
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