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...reimbursement of lodging expenses and $1.3 billion on trailers and temporary homes. And that is just the beginning. Shortly after Labor Day, the Bush Administration asked Congress to sign off on an additional $51.8 billion--roughly what the U.S. spends in Iraq each year. Unlike the Persian Gulf, though, the funds earmarked for the Gulf Coast were expected to last a month or two. House Republicans were so spooked by the size of the request that the White House dispatched Budget Director Joshua Bolten to Capitol Hill on Sept. 7, where he made an unusual, late-evening appeal to nearly...
...these people [in the Gulf Coast] didn’t have money to get out of town, and that, in itself, is an issue related to poverty,” Beasley said. “The charities we plan on donating to are helping hurricane victims, although they have track records of helping other people...
...feds haven't totally forgotten this stretch of coastline. On a recent day, a lone piece of paper weighed down by a brick flapped in the Gulf breezes on one of the concrete slabs that had been swept clean by the storm surge. Printed large in the upper left corner of the page was the seal of the Department of Homeland Security. The letter, addressed to the owner Gladis Miskell, read: "I visited your home today to perform an inspection of the damages to your home and personal property caused by the recent disaster. Since you were not here...
...joining the Gulf Coast League Yankees, the team’s principal rookie league affiliate based in Tampa, Mann encountered a whole new ballgame. Strict measures, including 11 o’clock mandatory week-day curfews at the team hotel, made life outside of baseball nearly impossible. Only weekend afternoons by the hotel pool and bay fishing served to interrupt the daily grind of workouts and games...
...Harvard’s undergraduate and graduate schools, with the exception of the Harvard Business School, have announced their intentions to accept displaced students from universities and colleges on the Gulf Coast. In addition, the University pledged on Sept. 2 to match donations of up to $100 to any of eight specific hurricane relief charities...