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San Juan mayor says focus needs to be on 'saving lives,' not Puerto Rico's debt - ABC News

posted onOctober 3, 2017
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Article snippet: The mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, whom President Federal Emergency Management Agency or other federal agencies working to help the island, but with a lack of sufficient resources. “I’ve been quite complimentary of the people from [the Health and Human Services Department] and FEMA," Cruz said. "Their heart is in the right place, but we have to cut the red tape ... Things have to be done in a sustained manner." FEMA Administrator Brock Long, also on "This Week" Sunday, responded to the mayor’s criticisms of the relief effort. He suggested that Cruz wasn't working closely enough with federal responders. “We tried to embed staff with the mayor,” Long said. “If you aren’t connected into that joint field office, you don’t understand [the] commander’s intent; you don’t understand the successes of what’s been done versus what needs to be done, where the gaps are.” Link to the full article to read more

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