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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPentagon taps US Army general to lead military relief in Puerto Rico -CNN
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has tapped a three-star U.S. Army general to oversee recovery efforts in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico and help improve the distribution of relief supplies, CNN reported on Thursday.
Lieutenant General Jeffrey Buchanan will lead the effort and is expected to arrive on the U.S. territorial island later on Thursday, CNN said.
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greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)He said this is Buchanan's only job and that it shouldn't have taken a week to put him in charge.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)They really dropped the ball on this one - and they need to be held responsible. Didn't we learn anything from Katrina?? It's not like it was so long ago...
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)In his mind, he's ALWAYS right.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)But with Trump - it's either ignorance or prejudice - or else he just doesn't care. The guy is such an ignorant, bigoted lying know-it-all, he needs to be "repealed and replaced" before life as we know it is changed in the worst way possible for all of us.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)All of the above, actually. They didn't vote for him and are not his base, so they don't matter.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)and he seems fearless, with the cred to back it.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,750 posts)But I like the way he takes charge and get things done. I wonder if he has any presidential ambitions. I'd vote for him, as long as he's a Democrat.
underpants
(182,879 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)That will help with the lawsuits.