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      "title": "Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Operations",
      "summary": "On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 undersea earthquake off the west coast of northern\nSumatra,\nIndonesia, unleashed a tsunami that affected more than 12 countries throughout south and southeast\nAsia and stretched as far as the northeastern African coast. Current official estimates indicate that\nmore than 250,000 people are dead or missing and millions of others are affected, including those\ninjured or displaced, making this the deadliest tsunami on record. Sections of Indonesia, Sri Lanka,\nIndia, and Thailand have suffered the worst devastation. \n In response, the United Nations, the United States, and other donor nations have organized what\nsome have called the world's largest relief and recovery operation to date. President Bush pledged\n$350 million in aid early on and mobilized the U.S. military to provide logistical and other\nassistance. The Administration has increased this amount by seeking $600 million in its request for\n$950 million for tsunami relief in the FY2005 emergency supplemental. Of this total, $346 million\nwould replenish USAID emergency aid accounts that had been drawn down in support of the U.S.\ngovernment response and reimburse Defense Department accounts that were used in the relief effort. \nOn March 16, the House passed  H.R. 1268 , funding all items proposed under the\nTsunami Recovery and Reconstruction Fund, except for the $45 million proposed for debt reduction.\n The large-scale U.S. response to the tsunami is unlikely to reverse the decline in the U.S. image\nabroad since the September 11 attacks, because this decline primarily is due to American policies\nin the Middle East. However, the scale and scope of U.S. assistance could provide a positive\nexample of U.S. leadership and military capabilities. Additionally, the disaster relief cooperation\nbetween the U.S. and Indonesian militaries is likely to be mentioned during the annual congressional\ndeliberations over renewing restrictions on U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relations, which the\nBush Administration has sought to restore since the September 11, 2001 attacks. \n This report summarizes the extent of the disaster and relief effort and includes descriptions of\nthe U.S. and international assistance efforts. It also examines protection mechanisms for children and\nseparated orphans. A section is devoted to the situation in each of the affected countries followed\nby an analysis of selected issues for Congress. The report will be updated further as events warrant.",
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