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In the race to save lives after the Myanmar quake, US rescuers are notable by their absence

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At least 15 Asian and Western government rescue teams have landed crews reaching hundreds of workers.

The death toll of the March 28 quake tops 3,000 , Myanmar 's government says.

The U.S. dwarfs other nations' rescue capacity in experience, capacity and heavy machinery able to pull people alive from rubble.

The United States has no known presence on the ground beyond a three -member assessment team.

Aid groups are drawing on reserve funds to pay the bills that the U.S. should have paid, an aid official says.

The Trump administration abruptly shut down USAID and State foreign assistance payments on Inauguration Day .

The administration is slowly making good on those back payments under court order.

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