U.S. Says No Adoptions Now of Young Tsunami Victims
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The youngest victims of the Asian  tsunami may be homeless, traumatized and possibly orphaned, but  they are not yet candidates for U.S. adoption, the State  Department said on Wednesday.
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Every 100th baby born in Guatemala grows up as an adopted American, making the Central American country the richest source of adoptees in the Western Hemisphere. But U.S. ratification of an international adoption treaty is likely to choke off the supply next summer.
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President Bush said Monday the United States has a duty to continue helping victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami, but he did not put any more money behind his commitment for long-term assistance.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the United States "will certainly not turn away from those in desperate need" as he works with Asian leaders to speed up relief efforts in the tsunami disaster.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Sunday he did not expect large U.S. casualties from the  Indian Ocean tsunami although "there are a lot of Americans we  haven't heard from."
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Thousands of North Americans are still missing in Thailand and Sri Lanka after the deadly tsunami.
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The United States will help the  millions devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami, but an effort  on the scale of the post-World War II Marshall Plan is probably  not needed, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters,  unable to land in tsunami-ravaged Indonesian villages, dropped  aid Sunday to desperate crowds clamoring for the life-saving  parcels.
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The US says it wants to pull its military out of tsunami relief operations as soon as possible.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday the United States' initial grant of $35 million in  the aftermath of the tsunami disaster in South East Asia was  "only the beginning of our help" but he did not announce an  immediate increase in aid.
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The Bush administration on Friday urged quick U.N. action on a global treaty to ban all cloning of human embryos, including for medical research, but diplomats said the measure would go nowhere before the Nov. 2 U.S. elections.
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Aid for the countries hit by the Indian Ocean tsunamis is at risk of not reaching people, relief agencies say.
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Highlights of the Bush administration's response Wednesday to the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in Asia:
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The U.S. military &#151; the largest group helping tsunami survivors &#151; will immediately start withdrawing troops from the relief efforts to feed and house more than 1 million refugees, the U.S. Pacific commander said Thursday.
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The United States dispatched disaster teams Monday and prepared an initial &#36;15 million aid package to the Asian countries hit by a massive earthquake and tsunamis. U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka has banned the adoption of children orphaned by a deadly tsunami until further notice after receiving unconfirmed reports that some children were snatched in the wake of the disaster, government officials said yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - The US government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.