Michael Chertoff Work Quotations

Mike managed over 160 disasters during his tenure at FEMA, and his service in those disasters has been commended by many, ... He has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to the unprecedented challenge posed by Hurricane Katrina and the New Orleans levee breach. He is a good man, and I personally appreciate his work and his commitment.

to ensure a work environment free of unlawful discrimination and retaliation.

Well, I said in July before Katrina that we had a lot more work to do in preparedness. And I think that was borne out, obviously, a month later.

There are many things that did not work well with the response,

We are pleased to have the American Red Cross, which has long been a leader in emergency preparedness and response, co-sponsor National Preparedness Month 2005, ... The commitment of the American Red Cross and the members of National Preparedness Month Coalition are integral as we work to encourage all Americans to prepare for emergencies. As leaders in their communities, these organizations will help spread life saving information and move the entire nation toward a greater state of preparedness.

There are a lot of things that didn't work well. We are not where we need to be as a nation in the area of preparedness.

Vice Admiral Allen is doing an exceptional job, and he has my full support in the important work ahead,

As long as the president wants me to continue to do that work and thinks I can make a contribution, I'm going to stay at my post.

Admiral Allen has my full support in the very difficult work we have ahead,

This is a picture that is improving but we have a lot more work to do,

We will work tirelessly to ensure that our fellow citizens have the sustained support and the necessary aid to reclaim their homes, their lives and their communities,

We always monitor the flow of information, intelligence, threat streams to see whether we have any indication there's some imminent. We work hard to identify potential cells and disrupt them. This is one of the reasons we put so much emphasis on intelligence gathering.