“Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job!”

[Cyrus]

CNN report:

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Internal Department of Homeland Security e-mails -- requested by a House select committee investigating the government's response to Hurricane Katrina -- show infighting, gaps in communication and general frustration.
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Ahead of Katrina coming ashore, Brown's deputy chief of staff, Brooks Altshuler, dismissed the idea of the White House creating an inter-agency crisis group to manage the government's response.
"Let them play their little raindeer games as long as they are not turning around and tasking us with their stupid questions," Altshuler said in an August 28 e-mail.
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Later that same week, Brown's whereabouts were seemingly unknown.

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...Meanwhile, back at the ranch – and quite predictably :

Bush's job rating continues to drop