Bush pledges to help tsunami-affected countries
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US President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he is committed to helping countries affected bythe tsunami disaster &quot;in the difficult weeks and months that lie ahead.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, seeking to highlight America's concern over the Asian disaster, named his father and his predecessor yesterday to spearhead a private fund-raising campaign to help victims of last month's tsunamis, calling on Americans to ''contribute as they are able to do so."
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Speaking before about 500 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development and representatives of more than two dozen private aid organizations, the president said the United States has a "duty" to help the tsunami's victims "get back on their feet."
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U.S. presidents past and present appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors.
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President Bush welcomed newly elected members of Congress to town Monday with a call "to achieve big things," beginning with help for foreigners devastated by the tsunami.
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President George W Bush and two of his predecessors call on US citizens to aid the Asian tsunami's victims.
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Nations and businesses pledge aid to areas hit by Sunday's disaster.
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President Bush on Thursday said American's military "is making a significant difference" for tsunami victims, despite demands by Indonesia that foreign troops leave the ravaged Aceh province by the end of March.
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U.S. presidents past and present  appealed to Americans on Monday to help victims of the Asian  tsunami as one of the biggest aid efforts in history struggled  to bring food and water to millions of desperate survivors.
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U.S. officials held a conference call Sunday to discuss ways to aid the south Asian countries inundated by the Indian Ocean tsunami. A White House statement said aid had begun flowing to Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
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President Bush on Friday pledged &#36;350 million to help tsunami victims, and didn't rule out sending even more U.S. aid to help people recover from what he is calling an "epic disaster."
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President Bush and two former U.S.  presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton, made a joint appeal  on Monday for "every American" to contribute money to help  victims of the South Asia tsunami.
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President Bush has tapped former Presidents Clinton and Bush to lead a nationwide charitable fund-raising effort for victims of the Asian tsunamis, the White House announced Monday.
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President Bush said U.S. aid efforts following Asia's killer tsunami would improve America's image in the Muslim world as fears receded that diseases and infections could kill many thousands of survivors.
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The United States has received official requests for help from five of the 11 countries hit by the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The State Department said so far the governments of Indonesia, Maldives, Somalia
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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.
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President George W. Bush said that US aid to tsunami victims will help defeat extremists who have convinced Muslims around the world that the United States is the enemy.