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MSNBCHeadline on MSN.com is "Obama defends New Orleans effort"
But some residents criticize the length of the president's hours-long visit (this subtitle is not addresses again in the entire article)
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama defended himself Thursday against critics in New Orleans and across the Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast who feel recovery help has not come soon enough from his administration.
Making his first stop as president in the region devastated by Hurricane Katrina over four years ago, Obama appeared at a town hall gathering to hear residents' concerns in person. One man asked why federal damage reimbursements are coming to locals so slowly and in amounts far less than needed.
"I expected as much from the Bush administration, but why are we still being nickeled and dimed in our recovery," the man asked Obama.
The president also claimed progress since he has been president, citing reconstruction projects that have moved forward after stalling due to disagreements over whether the state or federal government would foot the bill. And his administration has sent more than $1.4 billion in additional federal aid toward repairing and rebuilding Louisiana.
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