June 29, 2006

Red Cross's Actions After Hurricane Katrina Criticized in Congressional Watchdog's Report

By Elizabeth Schwinn

By Elizabeth Schwinn

As the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struggled last year to find food and housing, relief was delayed by a bureaucratic squabble between the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency over what duties the nonprofit group and the government agency were expected to assume, according to a Congressional report released this month.

The two institutions have yet to fully resolve their

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