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On the recordJanuary 28, 2007
This money that has been allocated is still not reaching ordinary folks here in New Orleans and in Louisiana. And until it does, all the numbers and the meetings and the planning that's being done is inadequate.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Barack Obama discusses the inadequacy of the recovery efforts for Hurricane Katrina victims.

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