Well, I'm not sure you needed to post the Constitution (nut your right, most people have no clue how the gov't actually works), but those were good responses.
BTW, as I already explained in another thread, the $35m is CASH, not TOTAL AID.
This is from this morning's USAToday, so really it's old news from Wed., but....
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"The United States has pledged $35 million to the relief effort, but that amount doesn't include military resources being poured into South Asia. "We're going to take this now to a whole new level," (Undersecretary of State) Grossman said.
Six C-130 airplanes, each loaded with as much as 21 tons of food, water and other emergency supplies, flew to Thailand Wednesday. En route to South Asia: the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier group, equipped with 12 helicopters, and a Marine expeditionary force with seven ships and 25 helicopters. Also in use: nine P-3 Orions, sophisticated reconnaissance craft that are searching for survivors in remote areas. "
Look for 1000s of American experts in medicine, recovery, and rebuilding to be in route very soon.
Such an immense effort takes time.
