Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600

The Observer | International | Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600: "September 25, 2005
The Observer

An extraordinary appeal to Americans from the Bush administration for money to help pay for the reconstruction of Iraq has raised only $600 (�337), The Observer has learnt. Yet since the appeal was launched earlier this month, donations to rebuild New Orleans have attracted hundreds of millions of dollars.
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It is understood to be the first time that a US government has made an appeal to taxpayers for foreign aid money."