Feds Seek $1.5B for New Orleans Levee Fix

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If the community leaders in New Orleans would just start looking out for the folks who live there, an even larger part of the problems Katrina left behind will be addressed. With the news of the fed's plans, you have to wonder about the folks who were complaining about the government's lack of interest in rebuilding New Orleans. I'll buy into the idea that the fed feels obliged to kick in for the levee system. I mean, New Orleans is a big port serving the Gulf and the Mississippi River. However, I am not sure the government should be held responsible for reconstructing the entire lives of all those affected. It's ironic that the poor who have little or nothing vested in the New Orleans area may be the ones who receive the most federal help.

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"The federal government is committed to building the best levee system known in the world."

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Feds Seek $1.5B for New Orleans Levee Fix
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush is requesting $1.5 billion more to help make the levee system in New Orleans stronger than it was before Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

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