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Nagin: Class and race issues killing New Orleans' recovery (AP/CNN)
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Mayor Ray Nagin told a Senate committee Monday he doesn't see the will to fix his hurricane-battered city when compared with the billions spent on the war in Iraq.

"I think it's more class than anything, but there's racial issues associated with it also," Nagin said.

Nagin also asked for Congress to change the laws and regulations to speed up the flow of federal aid.

"From my perspective, not having the resources at the local level is the absolute killer of this recovery," Nagin told the Senate's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which is looking into the government's hurricane response.

As of January 18, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to pay for $334 million for infrastructure repairs in New Orleans, but the state only has forwarded $145 million to the city so far.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/29/katrina.hearings.ap/index.html
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