This report presents a simplistic view of complex events. The roles of inexperience, partisan politics and struggle to gain or keep power among the various public figures from local state, and federal governments have been presented in different ways in multiple emerging reports, not included here. The important point is that these political factors interfered with a unified, effective response. There was widespread dissatisfaction with the early governmental response to Hurricane Katrina. This report addresses three problems: faltering mobilization, personal problems and cloudy mission. During the hurricane, the city government was overwhelmed with the magnitude of the disaster and responded very slowly. Also, the state governor refused to declare a state of emergency and a proposal from the White House to put National Guard troops under control of the federal government. The delays, hesitation and confusion by all levels of government increased the damage from the disaster. Many experts criticized top federal officials in the government's crisis management system who were not qualified to manage this disaster. Also, they did not express strong and decisive leadership in crisis management. Finally, FEMA shifted its focus from natural disaster to antiterrorism, which was fatal for effective management of natural disasters.