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Nagin and Brown Now Agree: US Not Prepared for Another Katrina

(Aug. 27) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans, the city's former mayor, Ray Nagin, and ex-Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown finally agree on one thing: The country remains unprepared for another storm of such magnitude. "I don't see any major changes that we've done in this...

U.S. Aid to Afghanistan Slashed by $4B Amid Reports of Corruption

Congress has decided enough is enough in Afghanistan. On Wednesday, a House subcommittee blocked $3.9 billion in aid that the Obama administration wanted to send to Kabul. It's not that Congress was questioning the war effort itself -- now eight long years and counting with no end in sight. After all, also on Wednesday,...

Tents Aren't Holding Up in Heavy Haitian Rains

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (June 25) -- Hurricane season in Haiti officially began three weeks ago, bringing rain to the region nearly every day. More than 1.5 million Haitians remain in the streets. Yet this week, the United Nations completed a study, revealing that 40 percent of all emergency shelters, including tents and...

Aid Chief Says Violence Hinders Haiti Relief Work

WASHINGTON (Jan. 17) -- Some incidents of violence in Haiti have hindered rescue workers trying to help earthquake victims, a top official leading the U.S. government's relief efforts said Sunday. Providing humanitarian aid requires a safe and secure environment, said Lt. Gen. Ken Keen of the U.S. Southern Command. While...

Background on aid

In international relations, aid (also known as international aid, overseas aid, or foreign aid) is a voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another, given at least partly with the objective of benefiting the recipient country.

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