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Hurricane Katrina

United States of America · Politics / Democratic Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2005

Barack Hussein Obama2005

Politics / Democratic Party

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Obama speaks out against Government indifference to growing economic class divisions, calling on both political parties to take action to restore the social safety net for the poor

Names involved

Barack Hussein Obama

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