(August 20, 2008)--President Bush visited New Orleans Wednesday and said "hope is coming back" nearly three years since Hurricane Katrina hit.
About $126 billion worth of disaster aid has been funneled to the Gulf Coast region since Katrina came ashore on Aug. 29, 2005.
Mr. Bush tempered his upbeat remarks by acknowledging much more work must be done.
He spoke at Jackson Barracks, a historic Louisiana National Guard post badly damaged by Katrina.
The president is making side trips as part of his summer visit to his Central Texas ranch, where he arrived last Friday.
Mr. Bush recently agreed to a request to give Louisiana 30 years to repay $1.8 billion for levee improvements in the New Orleans area.
The money initially was to be repaid by 2011.
Mr. Bush appeared earlier in the day at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Fla.
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