Obama monitors the growing flood disaster in North Dakota
Houses across the river from Fargo – in Minnesota – already lost
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U.S. President Barack Obama has been monitoring the flooding situation along the Red River in North Dakota and Minnesota, the White House said.
The president talked Friday with North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Fargo, N.D., Mayor Dennis Walaker “to express his concern for the residents of North Dakota and Minnesota and to ensure that the states are getting the federal assistance they need to supplement any state and local efforts,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Federal support is being provided along Red River, which rose to historic levels Friday and expected to crest between 41-43 feet on Saturday, Gibbs said. Emergency declarations for the two states have been approved.
Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Nancy Ward was in Fargo, working with federal, state and local officials “to ensure that federal assistance is provided to support the response to the flooding,” the spokesman said. Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano also has been in contact with state and local officials, briefing Obama on her discussions.
Does anyone out there think that President Obama is going to be slipshod in his attention to FEMA disaster response – after the bumbling examples of his predecessor? Har!
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