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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco pressed for unity Monday on the opening day of a second special legislative session for hurricane recovery, warning that many Washington politicians have moved beyond the hurricanes.
Blanco said she would press Congress for further help, but was worried by President Bush's scant reference to Hurricane Katrina in his State of the Union Speech last week.
"The harsh reality is that for many people in Washington, Katrina is yesterday's problem and Rita never happened," Blanco told a joint session of the Legislature held at the New Orleans convention center, where thousands of evacuees had languished for days after Katrina.
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