The United States has made available 250,000 dollars in aid for ally Georgia aimed at providing emergency supplies for thousands of people affected by the Georgia-Russia conflict, the State Department said Monday.
The United States began bringing the urgently needed humanitarian aid to Georgia, but "it is expected that supplies (distributed by the US embassy in Tbilisi) will be exhausted by the end of the day" Monday, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said.
The embassy issued a disaster declaration Sunday "releasing 250,000 dollars in initial funding that can provide emergency relief supplies that can assist up to 10,000 people," Wood told reporters.
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Wow that was really fast help the US gave their friends the Georgians. Now let's see it took 5 days for the White House to know of the Katrina Victims but less then 12 hours to send help overseas to an ally. But those Katrina Victims better pay their taxes so the US continue to help those in need.
Bush took control of Georgia for the oil and to under mine Russia.
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