Harricane Katrina hits US
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-09-01 09:32

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld cross paths after Bush spoke in the Rose Garden after a meeting with members of the White House Task Force on Hurricane Katrina Recovery in Washington, D.C. August 31, 2005. Bush cut short his vacation to oversee the federal response to Hurricane Katrina ahead of an expected visit to devastated Gulf Coast areas later this week. [Reuters]