New Orleans mayor at the National Press Club

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Flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005.
Photo by Carlos Barria-POOL/Getty Images

Five years after Hurricane Katrina and on the heels of the BP oil spill, newly-elected New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks at the National Press Club about the challenges facing his city.

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