Bush pledges $350m; relief efforts crawling
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MEDAN, Indonesia -- President Bush announced a tenfold increase in US aid to tsunami victims yesterday, pledging $350 million, as relief supplies poured into Asia from around the world.
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President Bush on Wednesday helped distribute bottled water, bags of ice, food and $2 billion in federal aid to hurricane-battered residents of this vital electoral state.
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President George W. Bush said $35 million in aid the US has pledged to help Asian nations deal with this weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunamis is ``only the beginning&#39;&#39; of the US recovery effort.
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President Bush asked Congress Tuesday for another &#36;3.1 billion to help Florida and other states recover from the battering they have endured from recent hurricanes.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under pressure  over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami  victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution tenfold to $350  million on Friday.
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President Bush is offering moral support and financial aid to states hard hit by the latest hurricane to strike the United States.
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The United States further increased its aid commitment to South and East Asian countries affected by Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tsunami disaster to $35 million.
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The White House asked Congress on Monday to approve &#36;2 billion in emergency funding for hurricane-battered Florida and said President Bush would visit the election battleground state on Wednesday.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - President Bush on Wednesday helped distribute bottled water, bags of ice, food and $2 billion in federal aid to hurricane-battered residents of this vital electoral state...
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The United States will provide $350  million in aid for victims of southern Asia's devastating  tsunami, a government official said on Friday.
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About &#36;92 million of the &#36;350 million that the Bush administration pledged for tsunami relief assistance has been spent so far, a U.S. government official said Friday.
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President Bush yesterday renewed the nation's commitment to help victims of last year's Gulf Coast hurricanes and thanked U.S. troops fighting abroad.
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Former President Bush challenged his hometown Wednesday to raise &#36;100 million for tsunami victims by the end of the month &#151; his first major fund-raising venture since he was appointed to help lead the private relief effort.
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Crawford, Texas -- President Bush said Wednesday the United States would spearhead a worldwide effort to provide financial, military and humanitarian assistance to the Asian nations devastated by one of the world&#39;s deadliest natural disasters.
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The Bush administration more than doubled its financial commitment Tuesday to provide relief to nations suffering from the Indian Ocean tsunami, amid complaints that the vacationing President Bush has been insensitive to a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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WASHINGTON -- As a US naval armada began steaming to the region, President Bush yesterday pledged to lead a coordinated international effort to help tsunami-stricken Asia, and said initial US aid of $35 million would be ''only just the beginning" of a long-term response to one of the worst natural disasters in history.
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President Bush, who has pledged &#36;350 million in U.S. aid to help victims of Asian countries ravaged by the tsunami, has contributed &#36;10,000 from his personal funds to the relief effort, his spokesman said Wednesday.