Mr Cao says that returning workers can be redeployed to other countries in which demand is strong.

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Cao claims to have made inroads with many disgruntled Democrats who can no longer support Jefferson, and has spent a lot of time talking with African-American church groups, trying to convince them that he will best serve them in the ongoing rebuilding of New Orleans.

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