From Holden:

It’s a gaggle double-header today. I can’t believe Scottie gaggled on the Sabbath, but he did. Here are a few snarky questions from yesterday.

Q Scott, what was the President’s initial reaction, I guess to this response? When he said three weeks ago, that was not acceptable, what did he think today from what he saw?

[snip]

Q Does he believe so far — how are the results so far?

[snip]

Q Did he tell anyone they were doing a fine job?

And in today’s gaggle we learned that Cherite is doing a heckuva job.

Q Currently, under the National Response Plan, it’s Chertoff, it’s the Homeland Security Secretary that’s in charge. So you’re — the idea is to shift it over to DOD.

MR. McCLELLAN: Again, it’s in the event of an extraordinary circumstance that we’re talking about. It has to be some trigger there for a severe, catastrophic-type event.

Q Is this being done because DHS is just unequipped — they just don’t have what it takes to —