Not A Penny Of Pledged U.S. Rebuilding Aid Has Reached Haiti
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/haiti-still-waiting-for-p_n_743002.html
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti â Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than
a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One
reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has
arrived.
The money was pledged by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in March
for use this year in rebuilding. The U.S. has already spent more than $1.1
billion on post-quake relief, but without long-term funds, the
reconstruction of the wrecked capital cannot begin.
With just a week to go before fiscal 2010 ends, the money is still tied up
in Washington. At fault: bureaucracy, disorganization and a lack of urgency,
The Associated Press learned in interviews with officials in the State
Department, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the White House and the
U.N. Office of the Special Envoy. One senator has held up a key
authorization bill because of a $5 million provision he says will be
wasteful.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/haiti-still-waiting-for-p_n_743002.html
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti â Nearly nine months after the earthquake, more than
a million Haitians still live on the streets between piles of rubble. One
reason: Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the U.S. promised for rebuilding has
arrived.
The money was pledged by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in March
for use this year in rebuilding. The U.S. has already spent more than $1.1
billion on post-quake relief, but without long-term funds, the
reconstruction of the wrecked capital cannot begin.
With just a week to go before fiscal 2010 ends, the money is still tied up
in Washington. At fault: bureaucracy, disorganization and a lack of urgency,
The Associated Press learned in interviews with officials in the State
Department, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the White House and the
U.N. Office of the Special Envoy. One senator has held up a key
authorization bill because of a $5 million provision he says will be
wasteful.
