FEMA nominee promises Senate panel to improve disaster response at the agencyWASHINGTON — The president’s nominee to lead the nation’s disaster response agency said he will hold the agency to a much higher standard than how it demonstrated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA and immigration nominees to testify at Senate confirmation hearingsWASHINGTON — The president’s nominees to lead the nation’s disaster response and immigration enforcement agencies are headed to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings in the Senate. Those seriously hurt in Australian wildfires to receive up to $71,000 in assistanceSYDNEY — People severely injured in the deadly wildfires that tore across southern Australia in February will receive up to 100,000 Australian dollars ($71,000) in assistance, the government announced Wednesday. |
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