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January 26, 2010

Haiti: Obama's Katrina

Eachempati, Wall Street Journal

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Four years ago the initial medical response to Hurricane Katrina was ill equipped, understaffed, poorly coordinated and delayed. Criticism of the paltry federal efforts was immediate and fierce.

Unfortunately, the response to the latest international disaster in Haiti has been no better, compounding the catastrophe.

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