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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Justin C who wrote (77416)	1/14/2010 9:58:52 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

International efforts are underway for Haiti's injured and homeless. The following organization is one a family member deals with on a regular basis - an excellent group of altruistic physicians and nurses who regularly contribute their personal time and treasure to provide medical assistance all over the world. doctorswithoutborders.com A selection of other efforts: --UN is releasing $10M from it's emergency funds. --Europen Commission has approved $4.37M for aid. --U.S. military response includes ships, helicopters, transport planes and initially a 2,000 member Marine unit to assist with aid distribution or law enforcement --Britain is sending search and rescue firefighters, dogs & 10 tons of eqptment. --Canda: a military team to assess needed household goods, tents and sanitation packages. --Ireland: telecommunications company donates $5M to help repair the phone network. --Netherlands: resuce team, $2.91M --Israel: elite army rescue unit of engineers, rescue workers, doctors & medics --Germany: rescue team, $2.17M --China: $1 million --France: doctors, food, medical eqptmt, rubble clearing specialists, dogs --Spain: 100tons of relief eqpmt, $4.37M --Taiwan: rescue team, 2 tons of relief aid --Mexico: doctors, dogs, infrastructure damage experts ******************************************************* Can someone give me an estimate for US aid to Haiti? (it wasn't included in the above newspaper article) I'm speaking with an international group and would dearly love to be able to set an approximate amount for the US's aid. Would $200M be in the ballpark or too conservative?