Arne Duncan Calls New Orleans Mayor To Explain Hurricane Katrina Comment

Elyse Siegel
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan called New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin on Friday to explain his comment to a television interviewer that Hurricane Katrina was "the best thing that happened to the education system" in the city, according to a mayoral aide.

"The secretary reached out to the mayor," James Ross, Nagin's deputy communications director, said Monday. "I believe it was Friday evening."

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