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To: i-node who wrote (252764)9/26/2005 11:28:48 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572077
 
"There is no current authority for the federal government (president) to take control within a state that has suffered a natural disaster."

Read the NPR. Now true, it doesn't override the Posse Comitatus, but that is a different issue. Or, at least, shouldn't be. Taking complete police control should be a different issue from rendering aid. A government that requires that as a minimum is one that gets certain labels.