Bush to lead inquiry into Katrina

BBC: US President George W Bush says he will lead an investigation into how the Hurricane Katrina disaster was handled.

"I'm going to find out over time what went right and what went wrong," he said in reply to criticism that the authorities were too slow to respond.

There was "ample time" for an inquiry, he said, but the priority was helping the Gulf Coast and New Orleans. Read more

db: That limits the scope nicely