Obama pledges $438 million more for Katrina reconstruction

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) - The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would commit another $438 million toward resettling people uprooted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with officials pledging to speed up aid to those who still need permanent housing.

The announcement came as two Cabinet officials, Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured parts of the New Orleans area.

"What we have seen today makes us disturbed, angry even, to see some of the families living the way they have," Donovan said. "And we pledge to your our partnership to a new beginning here in New Orleans and across the Gulf."