English subtitles for clip: File:President Trump Receives a Briefing on Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts.webm

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Governor Abbot: Well,
I want to welcome the

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President of the United
States to the

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great state of Texas.

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I want to express my
gratitude for our fellow

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Texans and especially the
people of Corpus Christi

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for giving the President
such a warm welcome on his

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ride over here, showing
the gratitude that we all

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have for the President.

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I want to express my deep
gratitude to the President

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for him and his entire
Cabinet and staff for what

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they have done over the
past couple of weeks.

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A lot of people see what
happens in front of the camera.

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I want to reveal in just
one minute what's been

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going on behind the
scenes, behind the camera,

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for the past two weeks.

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About 10 days in advance
of the hurricane even

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coming into the Corpus
Christi area, members of

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the President's Cabinet
and the President himself

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were in contact with
me and my office

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pre-preparing for this
catastrophe that

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was coming our way.

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And every step of the way,
as the hurricane came

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across the shore, as the
flooding began in Houston,

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Texas, the President and
his Cabinet remained in

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constant contact
with me and my staff.

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And they all had one thing
to say: Texas, what do you need?

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How can we help?

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You can count on us.

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What I have learned is we
can count on the President

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of the United States and
his staff for helping Texas.

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Texas has been tested,
but our response to this

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challenge has been made
much more effective

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because of the very
effective way the

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President and his staff
has helped Texas respond

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to this challenge.

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So, Mr. President,
thank you.

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Thank you.

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Welcome to Texas.

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The President: Thank you.

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That's so nice, Governor,
and it's really my honor.

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This is a very special
place in a special state.

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And Senator Cruz and
Senator Cornyn,

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we thank you very much
for being here.

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We appreciate it.

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I know it was hard to get
here for both of you --

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you were trapped in
various locations --

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but we appreciate you
both being here.

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I want to thank my
staff, my Cabinet.

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We have quite a few
of our Cabinet here.

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You know Ben Carson,
obviously, from HUD,

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and Tom Price and Linda
McMahon -- Small Business.

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Small business, which is
now big business,

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because when you add them all up
you're going to be helping

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a lot of the people
in Texas and doing a

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fantastic job.

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Thank you very
much, Linda.

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But we have had a
tremendous group of folks.

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Our Acting Director,
Elaine, thank you very

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much for the
job you've done.

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And a man who has really
become very famous on

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television over the last
couple of days -- Mr. Long

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-- we appreciate
it very much.

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You have been
just outstanding.

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And I can tell you that my
folks were just telling

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me how great your
representatives have

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been in working together.

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It's a real team, and we
want to do it

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better than ever before.

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We want to be looked at in
five years, in ten years

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from now as this is
the way to do it.

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This was of epic
proportions.

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Nobody has ever seen
anything like this.

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And I just want to say
that working with the

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Governor and his entire
team has been an honor for us.

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So, Governor, again,
thank you very much.

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We won't say
congratulations.

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We don't want to do that.

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We don't want to
congratulate.

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We'll congratulate each
other when

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it's all finished.

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But you have
been terrific.

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Really terrific.

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It's a great honor.

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And you've been my friend,
too, for a long time.

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And with that, maybe you
could say a few words.

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Administrator Long: Thank
you, Mr. President.

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So the whole community
is coming together.

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You know, right here where
the brunt of the Category

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4 hurricane winds came
in just north of Corpus

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Christi, we're already
starting to effect recovery.

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Recovery is a slow
process, but rest assured

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that we're doing
everything we can to unify

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our efforts down to
support the local

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responders, the first
responders that we have here.

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Yesterday, I put eyes
on the ground

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down in Rockport.

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We already have points
of distribution flowing.

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We're working in
conjunction with the

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Governor's National Guard
where FEMA is supplying

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meals and water, and the
National Guard is

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helping to run those
distribution points.

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That's how this
system works.

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All eyes are on Houston
and so are mine.

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We got a long way to go.

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We're going to have to set
up expectations of the

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citizens that we're going
to have to continue a

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unified effort down to
help the state of Texas

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ultimately recover.

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So, very quickly, the
objectives stay the same.

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The event, unfortunately,
to the north

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of us is not over.

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We're still in
a lifesaving,

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life-sustaining mission.

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We're very aware of the
issues at the Convention Center,

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but let me be
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This is not the Superdome.

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The Convention Center --
we are sustaining food.

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They have food,
we have security.

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I have an incident
management team inside the

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city of Houston as we
speak, and more and more

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people are being moved to
shelters to

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stabilize the situation.

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The next thing is, is that
we're pushing commodities.

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Once the water goes down,
we'll continue to push not

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only commodities but
also help to get people

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registered in the system
to receive

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assistance from all of us.

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You know, assistance
doesn't just come from FEMA;

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it comes from many
organizations who are

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represented here today by
Secretary Price,

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Secretary Carson, and others.

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The next thing is, is that
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at power restoration.

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We're maintaining
security.

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You know, Ms. Duke, you've
mobilized the Homeland

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Security Search
Capacity Force.

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With that comes law
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that we're overcoming and
anticipating any

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security needs that we have.

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And then also, with
Secretary Price over here,

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we're working with not
only the Governor's

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disaster medical teams but
we're also sending federal

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disaster medical teams in,
not only to the Convention

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Center today -- there's
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but there's going to be
multiple areas, not only

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for crisis counseling but
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we're meeting access
to functional needs.

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The access is a challenge
to getting all the

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supplies in, once the
roadway systems come out.

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We've amassed quite the
federal force to be able

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to support the local
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For example, the Governor
pulls 12,000 National

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Guard troops in.

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We're pulling units out of
Fort Hood as the federal

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government and federal DOD
forces are coming in as well.

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We've pulled several
hundred trucks and staff

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just from assets right
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and that's
how the system works.

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This recovery is going
to be frustrating.

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We're going to be here
with you to help

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you guide through it.

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It's going to be tough
to navigate all of the

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programs that become
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but we're here to help.

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So with that, I'd like
to pass it along to

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our friends at the
Coast Guard.

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U.S. Coast Guard Participant:
Mr. President, good

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afternoon, sir.

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This is where your Coast
Guard serves at its best.

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(Inaudible.)

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U.S. Coast Guard Participant:
(Inaudible.)

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The President: Well, I want to
tell you, I can speak for

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the Governor because we
spoke about it, and we're

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very proud of the Coast
Guard -- the job you have

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done with the
lives you've saved.

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We're very, very proud of
you, and thank

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you very much.

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U.S. Coast Guard Participant:
(Inaudible.)

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Administrator Long: Mr.
President, before the

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press pulls out, there's
information that I'd like

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to share in regards to how
citizens can get involved

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-- so here again, it's
the whole community.

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Neighbors helping
neighbors is going to be

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needed in helping
Texas overcome.

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So very quickly, if you
would like to register for

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assistance underneath
the Governor's declared

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counties -- there's 18
declared counties for

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individual assistance
underneath the President's

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disaster declaration.

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That's
DisasterAssistance.org --

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excuse me,
DisasterAssistance.gov --

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I apologize --
DisasterAssistance.gov.

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That's the FEMA individual
assistance system.

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There's also ways,
if you're looking to

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volunteer: NVOAD.org
-- N-V-A-O-D.org.

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There's also, within
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OneStarFoundation.org and,
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RedCross.org as well.

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So thank you, and at this
time we'll let

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the press pool leave.