Gustav Relief Sends Red Cross Into Debt

Courtesy washingtonpost.com - Health  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 23:00

The American Red Cross said yesterday that it is going deep into debt to fund a $70 million Hurricane Gustav relief effort, an unusual occurrence even as the nation's biggest disaster aid charity braces for a trio of powerful storms lurking in the Atlantic.


 

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