Archive of stories pre April 2007 | SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) -- President Bush is on a three-state trip, meeting with military and emergency officials, to show himself as a leader engaged in federal efforts to recover from twin hurricanes that have struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month.
Bush, who is to be briefed here Sunday by Lt. Gen. Robert Clark, joint military task force commander for Hurricane Rita, said he was satisfied the government was "well-organized and well-prepared" to respond.
"Nobody asks for these things, but when they come, we have a duty," Bush said Saturday at the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin. "I'm really here to let the folks in Texas know that the federal government knows we have a responsibility to support you in the mission of saving lives -- first and foremost -- and then help to rebuild their lives."
In his weekly radio address broadcast, the president also pledged not to forget the massive job of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.
Bush was to spend part of Sunday in San Antonio where federal supplies and workers were being assembled for Hurricane Rita and then fly to Baton Rogue, La. The visits follow stops on Saturday in Texas and at the U.S. Northern Command in Colorado where he autographed a photo of himself gripping a bullhorn at Ground Zero three days after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Bush's popularity soared after the attack and he was seen as a strong leader when he bellowed in New York to rescue workers: "I can hear you! The rest of the world hears you!"
His job approval numbers today are at their lowest of his presidency, dragged down by ongoing violence in Iraq, high fuel prices and the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
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