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Yet the U.S. response has been to offer $10 million for the earthquake recovery efforts, said Jeff Rathke, the assistant State Dept. spokesperson, on Monday, April 27.
An entire nation is in the immediate throes of a massive natural disaster from which it may never recover, and the U.S. has offered to the Nepalese less than 20 percent of what it has already sent this year alone to Syria. Given the reality of finite resources, it does make sense to weigh various considerations.
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