"The Homeland Security Department has requested and continues to request that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans," said Renita Hosler, spokeswoman for the Red Cross.

"Right now access is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities. We have been at the table every single day [asking for access]. We cannot get into New Orleans against their orders."


>Did those two links contradict anything I have posted?
>
>>http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html
>>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm
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>>>Your own ears appear to contradict this story on CNN:
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>>>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/katrina.redcross/index.html
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>>>"The national president of the American Red Cross, Marsha Evans, first made the request to undertake the operation during a visit to the state on September 1, three days after Hurricane Katrina struck, a local Red Cross chapter official said."