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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Gov. Kathleen Blanco opened a special legislative session with a warning to lawmakers that Washington and the nation consider the hurricane-ravaged region "yesterday's problem."
In a departure from tradition, Blanco delivered her speech Monday at the New Orleans convention center — the same place where many of Hurricane Katrina's victims waited so long for help.
Blanco said she would press Congress for further help, but was worried by President Bush's scant reference to Katrina in his State of the Union Speech and said public opinion polls are showing the nation has largely forgotten the storms.
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