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Amount of aid offered by U.S. allies after Hurricane Katrina: $854 million in cash and in oil.
Amount that was actually collected: $40 million.
That's according to a report in today's Washington Post. Most of the aid, including $400 million worth of oil, was simply never collected. Some offers of help were redirected to other sources, like the Red Cross. And the rest remains in bureaucratic limbo.
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