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Post-9/11 effort cited in call to rebuild Gulf; 'Katrina Bill of Rights' urged.(NATION)

Byline: Brian DeBose, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The president of the National Urban League yesterday urged Congress to work with Hurricane Katrina victims and rebuild the Gulf Coast in the same fashion that the country dealt with the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Marc Morial, a former New Orleans mayor, said the rebuilding efforts are inadequate and unfair to the displaced residents in terms of contracting, jobs and land reacquisition.

"We need to ensure homeowners the right of first refusal to reclaim property. These are their homes - washed out or not," Mr. Morial said in a speech at the Georgetown University Law Center, his alma mater.

He ...

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