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FEMA Memos: Give Florida Hurricane Fund Boost Before Election

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Federal Emergency Management Agency documents released in response to a lawsuit by three newspapers show the agency was allocating money to Florida before the first of four deadly hurricanes struck the state in 2004, and planning for a significant increase in the usual reimbursement costs of a disaster just ahead of the 2004 presidential election in which the Florida vote was critical. (12/6/05)

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