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A person looks out at the former site of the World Trade Center May 5, 2005 (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk
As the Gulf Coast grapples with the challenges of rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and New York City looks at its own ability to deal with disasters, a special edition of the show from the New School looks at how we can learn to be prepared for future emergencies. Guests include 9/11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey, former FEMA director, Michael Brown along with his predecessor, James Lee Witt.
Urban Conversations: Cities at Risk
Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, former senator (D-NE), and former 9/11 Commission member
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Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the United States Department of Homeland Security, director of the Aspen Institute Homeland Security Initiative, and author, Open Target : Where America is Vulnerable to Attack (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2005),
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Michael Brown, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
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Martin O'Malley, Mayor of Baltimore (D)
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» Michael Brown (The White House)
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