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Archive Home > 2010 > November > 05 > Another obstacle delays $1.15B in U.S. aid for Haiti

Another obstacle delays $1.15B in U.S. aid for Haiti

Congress is insisting State Department prove funds won’t be stolen, misused

By Jonathan M. Katz and Martha Mendoza / The Bulletin
November 5, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As if Haitians living in tents and under scraps of plastic don’t have enough to grapple with as a tropical storm bears down and cholera spreads, the U.S. Congress has put up another obstacle to delivering the $1.15 billion in reconstruction money it promised back in....

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