Admin l Saturday, September 02, 2017
– President Donald Trump is seeking the approval of $8 billion as emergency funding for victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Houston, United States.
He is making the request as he heads to Texas with his wife Melania Trump to assess the level of devastation of the week long flood which has destroyed properties, rendering many homeless.
On Friday, commander of U.S. Northern Command delivered a message from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to the people of Texas today during an update on Hurricane Harvey from the Texas State Operations Center in Austin, Texas.
On behalf of Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford and the men and women of the armed forces, Air Force Feneral, Lori Robinson expressed hope for the people affected by the storm. “I would like to offer our heartfelt thoughts and prayers to all of those who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey,” she said.
“When disasters of this magnitude strike, a whole-of-government response is necessary, and DoD is a part of all of that,” Robinson said.
According to him, the military has learned over time how important it is to have the right capability at the right place at the right time to support the needs of citizens.
“Our military has unique capabilities to support disaster relief, and those same capabilities that make our armed forces so effective in combat make our forces uniquely effective in disaster relief efforts. We have been and we will continue to deploy any and all capabilities requested by FEMA.
Robinson said she had a conversation yesterday with Mattis. “He made the comment to me: ‘Lori, Texas gets everything they need, and we’ll get it there as fast as we can,'” she said.
“I’m so proud of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that have deployed in the affected area and that will continue to deploy as long as requested and needed,” Robinson said, and she summarized the military contribution so far to the affected areas in Texas:
