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May 2005: Army Corps Memo: Funding Insufficient to Finance Work on Levees

A US Army Corps of Engineers memo warns that funding levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 will not be enough to finance new construction on the levees protecting New Orleans. [Reuters, 9/1/2005]