"One hundred percent of the people recognize that - that it was a failure," he claimed.

On Sunday Hillary Clinton called for the creation of a Katrina Commission, while insisting that the federal response to the hurricane efforts has been inadequate.

Mr. Clinton endorsed his wife's suggestion, and hinted that some "personnel decisions" in the Bush administration needed to be reviewed.

"In a few weeks we should have some sort of a Katrina Commission," he told CNN. "It should be bi-partisan, non-partisan, whatever. And we ought to really look at this as I always tried to: What is the best structure and what are the best personnel decisions you could make."

Returning to the allegations that the rescue effort was bungled, Clinton said, "I personally believe there should be a serious analysis of it. I have my own ideas about what caused it."

Lest anyone miss the point, Clinton repeated midway through his interview: "Yes, they were failed in the beginning by their nation. But we don't want to fail them a second time."

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