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| | Media Matters - Vargas's interview of Bush on ABC contained false statements, missed opportunities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19) |
 | | Vargas failed to challenge Bush's claim that "the problem that happened in Katrina" was that "there was no situational awareness, and that means that we weren't getting good, solid information from people who were on the ground," despite using a document during the interview that directly contradicted Bush's claim. |
 | | VARGAS: The House report called the federal response to Katrina, quote, "a failure of leadership." It described FEMA as "undertrained, understaffed and overwhelmed," and lay [sic] the blame for that with the Department of Homeland Security for stripping down FEMA. |
 | | Vargas, however, did manage to ask about possible weddings for his daughters ("Now, I have to ask you because both of them are young women who are very attractive. |
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