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	<title><![CDATA[New Orleans: Where Did the Money Go?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/new-orleans-where-did-the_b_175592.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>That's a question that's often asked by commenters here critical of my repeated suggestions that the Federal government, under both Bush and Obama, has failed in its responsibility to remediate the damage caused by the failure of its so-called hurricane protection system in 2005. So, <a href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-33/1237180935114890.xml&amp;coll=1">this report</a> in Monday's <em>Times-Picayune</em> helps to clear some of the fog. The State of Louisiana has just replaced the previous private contractor, ICF, in charge of the program to renovate or rebuild affordable...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-03-17T02:14:00-04:00</date_published>
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