Obama pledges $438 million more for Katrina reconstruction

Published 3/5/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would commit another $438 million toward redeveloping Gulf Coast communities still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The announcement came as two Cabinet officials, Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured parts of the New Orleans area, including suburban [...] (link)