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Rumsfeld Orders Independent Levee Probe

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has ordered that an independent panel of experts evaluate the performance of New Orleans area levees during Hurricane Katrina.

In recent weeks, the government has come under criticism for allowing the Army Corps of Engineers to be in charge of investigating its own work.

Rumsfeld directed Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey to form a panel of engineering and atmospheric experts under the direction of the National Academy of Sciences, the Pentagon said in a statement Wednesday.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-exec/2005/oct/20/102006236.html

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