Obama Engaged in FEMA Response to Irene
EmailABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: President Obama has received regular briefings about Hurricane Irene's impact. During the wet and windy weekend in Washington, senior advisors and cabinet officials have updated the president on the response and recovery effort taking place along the East Coast of the United States and in U.S. territories. Sunday morning, Obama convened a video teleconference in the White House Situation Room and plans to reconvene with his team managing the federal government's response Sunday night. Overnight, Mr. Obama declared a state of emergency in Delaware and Washington, DC. Late Saturday, Obama declared an emergency in Puerto Rico. Emergency orders for federal aid to help state and local responders had already been issued in nine states. In the Sunday morning teleconference, the president met with Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, FEMA Administration Craig Fugate, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan.
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Well at least this money being spent is well
worth it. Help the people that have had some damaging effect on their lives. This is what the government is for. I can live without all the other nonsense that they
like to entangle us with.
Posted by: deadwrestler | August 28, 2011, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm
The media and especially cable news outlets seem extremely disappointed that Irene was nothing more than a very large thunderstorm…CNN looked especially downtrodden that there was not more damage
“Historic storm” thats a laughable quote. look at the dead and injured in Mo and AL this summer
Power outages? look at the ice storm a few years ago in the midwest.. Yet did these storms get as much hype.. of course not…Only because it has hurricane in its name does the media fearmonger and spread doom and gloom
Posted by: America in Decline | August 28, 2011, 2:59 pm 2:59 pm
More vote buying.
Posted by: toby hill | August 28, 2011, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
I am sure we are all glad this thing wasn’t so terribly bad even though we know that some will have to shoulder some hardships.
I am glad that we can stop seeing rain soaked reporters trying to talk and satelite feeds being interrupted in the process.
I am glad that President Obama had a firm grasp on the storm. Had he not this thing would have been 10 times, no 100 million plus 50 billion times worse than Katrina.
Way to push that storm away Mr. President.
Posted by: david | August 28, 2011, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm
Better safe than sorry.
Posted by: vern | August 28, 2011, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm