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Hurricane Katrina: Vice President and Mrs. Cheney's Visit
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mayor Greg Warr talk with one resident of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood who's house was damaged recently by Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 8, 2005.  Vice President and Mrs. Cheney took a walking tour of neighborhood and met with local residents of the area.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mayor Greg Warr talk with one resident of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood who's house was damaged recently by Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 8, 2005.  Vice President and Mrs. Cheney took a walking tour of neighborhood and met with local residents of the area.
 
A house located in a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood was destroyed by the effects of Hurricane Katrina in the flood ravaged areas Thursday, September 8, 2005. The hurricane hit both Louisiana and Mississippi ten days prior, Monday, August 29th. Vice President Dick Cheney talks with Mayor Greg Warr as they take a walking tour of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood which was damaged recently by Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 8, 2005.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mayor Greg Warr talk with one resident of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood who's house was damaged recently by Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 8, 2005.  Vice President and Mrs. Cheney took a walking tour of neighborhood and met with local residents of the area. Vice President Dick Cheney walks with a resident of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood Thursday, September 8, 2005. The area was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, which hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th. Mrs. Cheney and Mayor Greg Warr are also shown walking.
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney talk with residents of one Gulfport, Mississippi hurricane damaged neighborhood, during a walking tour to view damages and relief efforts Thursday, September 8, 2005.  Hurricane Katrina struck Mississippi and Louisiana August 31. Vice President Dick Cheney talks with residents of a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood Thursday, September 8, 2005. The neighborhood was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, which hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th.
Vice President Dick Cheney walks with Mayor Gregg Warr, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, through a neighborhood in Gulfport, Miss., devastated by Hurricane Katrina, as they talk with surviving residents. Vice President Dick Cheney meets with local and elected officials, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 in Gulfport Miss., while on a tour of the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
Vice President Dick Cheney tours the flood ravaged areas of Mississippi and Louisiana, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005, to survey damage and view relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Vice President Cheney and Mrs. Cheney took an aerial tour of the Gulf coast aboard Marine Two with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. An aerial view shows the flood-ravaged areas of New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005. The damage was created by Hurricane Katrina, which hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th.
Vice President Dick Cheney surveys the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005. The Vice President's tour of the city includes visits with police and EMS personnel working in the area. A church in New Orleans, Louisiana is submerged by floodwaters that were caused by the effects of Hurricane Katrina Thursday, September 8, 2005. The hurricane hit both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 29th.
Vice President Dick Cheney speaks with members of the US Army Corps of Engineers personnel while taking a tour of the 17th Street levee repair operations in New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005. Vice President Dick Cheney and Governor Kathleen Blanco talk with members of the US Army Corp of Engineers during a tour of the 17th street levee repair operations in New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005. The Vice President's tour of the city includes visits with police and EMS personnel working in the area.
Vice President Dick Cheney talks with a members of the US Army Corp of Engineers during a tour of the 17th street levee repair operations in New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005. The Vice President's tour of the city includes visits with police and EMS personnel working in the area. Helicopters lift sandbags that will be dropped into the area of the levee break to facilitate repairs to 17th street levee in New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, September 8, 2005.
Vice President Dick Cheney participates in a briefing with, federal, state and local officials at the Texas State Operations Center in Austin, Texas before visiting the Austin Convention Center Saturday, September 10, 2005. Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson and Texas Governor Rick Perry are also pictured. Vice President Dick Cheney visits with families who have been relocated from their homes in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Convention Center has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees.
Vice President Dick Cheney visits with families who have been relocated from their homes in Louisiana and Mississippi to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Convention Center has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees. Vice President Dick Cheney meets with the press during a visit to the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas Saturday, September 10, 2005. The Vice President spent time visiting with families who have been relocated from their homes to the Convention Center, which has been designated as one of the many temporary shelters for Katrina Hurricane evacuees.

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