<P> USCG Air & Surface Operations rescue 342 people in the greater New Orleans area . </P> <P> Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Michael Brown was removed from directing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff . He was replaced by Vice Admiral Thad W. Allen, Chief of Staff of the United States Coast Guard . </P> <P> U.S. Army Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré and New Orleans Director of Homeland Security Terry Ebbert announced a "zero access" policy with regards to the media, in order to prevent members of the media from reporting on the recovery of dead bodies in New Orleans . CNN filed a lawsuit, then obtained a temporary restraining order to prevent government agencies from interfering with news coverage of recovery efforts . </P> <P> 42,164 Army National Guard and 4,347 Air National Guard were deployed (46,511 total). </P>

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