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Sex offender diaspora: 2000 evacuees in 30 states

December 31st, 2005
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More than two thousand Katrina evacuees are registered sex offenders. That number is based only a match between the names of offenders and the names of those who applied for disaster assistance. From this:
…[Wade Horn, assistant secretary for children and families at the Department of Health and Human Services] wrote the nation's 50 governors in […]

Davis might subpoena WH, DHS, HHS, state documents

November 10th, 2005
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From this:
The Republican chairman of a House panel investigating the response to Hurricane Katrina threatened Wednesday to issue subpoenas for documents if the White House and other agencies don't provide them by Nov. 18.
Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia made the commitment after a Louisiana Democrat, Charlie Melancon, pointed out the panel still hadn't seen some […]