Powell speaks, Karen Hughes whines...

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell has added his voice to criticism of the hurricane rescue effort.

Mr Powell said he could not understand why more preparations had not been made, in an interview to be broadcast on US television on Friday.

A new opinion poll by the Pew Research Center suggests two-thirds of Americans think President George Bush could have done more in the disaster aftermath.

US Under-Secretary of State Karen Hughes backed the president's response.

She said allegations that he was not doing all he could to help were heartbreaking to him.

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Mr Powell said so many African-Americans were left unprotected because they were poor, rather than because they were black.

It "should have been a blinding flash of the obvious... that when you order a mandatory evacuation, you can't expect everybody to evacuate on their own", he said.

no duh, colin... boo-hoo, karen... and, btw, karen, don't worry about george... he hasn't got a heart to break and even if he did, nobody's gonna give a shit...

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