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...BRUCE HAY...
...Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu...
...Texas, three days after the earthquake. Why the delay? Because, White House aides say, the President does not like to "showboat" by speaking too soon after events like this. "He didn't want to go out there and just speak for speaking's sake," says an aide. Democrats made hay of Bush's delayed response and ridiculed the Administration's initial pledge, suggesting that some of the $18 billion earmarked for Iraq reconstruction be diverted to help tsunami victims. The White House said it was waiting for assessments of the damage, and Bush pointed out that the U.S. provided...
...Staff writer Jonathan P. Hay can be reached at hay@fas.harvard.edu...