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Article: Lawmakers call for Red Cross overhaul; president Marsha Evans resigns
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- December 14, 2005
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HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-14-2005
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The American Red Cross needs to overhaul the way it handles major disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, a House panel says, calling for major changes that go beyond the resignation of charity president Marsha Evans.
The nation's lead charity in a disaster, the Red Cross raked in the bulk of the $2.6 billion (euro2.18 billion) in total Katrina donations but still fumbled when it came to coordinating shelters, distributing aid and assisting disabled evacuees, lawmakers said at a hearing Tuesday.
"I appreciate Ms. Evans' candid acknowledgment in September that the Red Cross response to Katrina had been uneven," said ...