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U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 4:24am neoform

Washington Post -- As part of their campaign to soothe an anxious middle class, congressional Democrats are preparing legislation that would significantly expand federal aid to the most obvious victims of the global economy: workers whose jobs move offshore or are lost to f.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 1, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

Washington Post -- As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide. Titled "Echo-Chamber Message" -- a public relations term for talking points des.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 3:29pm mrmdc

Guardian Unlimited -- One year after Katrina, the government is still squandering tens of millions of dollars in wasted disaster aid, including $17 million in bogus rental payments to people who had already received free trailers and apartments, federal investigators said Wedn.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 9, 2007 @ 10:21am neoform

MSNBC -- The United States is in talks with Mexico on an aid package of hundreds of millions of dollars to help the Mexican government fight drug cartels, U.S. and Mexican officials said on Wednesday. The aid package, which has been under discussion for months.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:26am neoform

Washington Post -- The Department of Homeland Security increased counterterrorism funding for Washington and New York City yesterday but warned that doling out more federal cash to the nation's largest urban areas would require the virtual elimination of aid to mid-size cit.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 17, 2007 @ 11:41am neoform

USA Today -- —Hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. aid goes to countries where girls as young as 12 are forced to marry, a rights abuse that is the focus of legislation to be introduced in Congress this month. In 2006, $623 million in U.S. funds went to 16 of 2.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 29, 2007 @ 9:26pm neoform

FOX News -- In the wake of Hurricane Katrina's devastation, the U.S. government failed to take advantage of millions of dollars in foreign aid from its allies, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The U.S. has collected about $126 million and used just $40 million.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 1:08pm neoform

Washington Post -- The Bush administration said yesterday that it will extend housing aid through March 2009 for hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a blanket expansion that more than doubles the amount of aid typically re.. Read More