It is difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective initial response to a disaster that had been predicted for years and for which specific dire warnings had been given for days , '' said Senator Susan Collins , Republican of Maine and chairwoman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee , which will conduct one of the main inquiries .
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