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Red Cross Troubles Have Been Building For Years

NPR | By Laura Sullivan
Published October 30, 2014 at 1:46 AM PDT
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.
Catherine Barde/American Red Cross via Flickr
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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