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Red Cross Troubles Have Been Building For Years

NPR | By Laura Sullivan
Published October 30, 2014 at 3:20 PM CDT
American Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern speaks at a post-Sandy press conference on Staten Island, N.Y. But two pastors, who organized much of that area's relief efforts, say they did so without the aid of the Red Cross.
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American Red Cross CEO Gail McGovern speaks at a post-Sandy press conference on Staten Island, N.Y. But two pastors, who organized much of that area's relief efforts, say they did so without the aid of the Red Cross.

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Laura Sullivan is an NPR News investigative correspondent whose work has cast a light on some of the country's most disadvantaged people.
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