Biden to name official to oversee long-term Maui recovery effort
by Brett Samuels - 08/21/23 8:48 AM ET
President Biden will travel to Maui on Monday to survey the destruction caused by deadly wildfires, where he will meet with first responders and announce the appointment of a federal coordinator to oversee long-term recovery efforts on the island.
The president and first lady Jill Biden will travel from Lake Tahoe in Nevada, where they are vacationing for the week, to the island as local officials continue to work to identify victims and sort through the damage caused by wildfires this month. More than 100 people were killed on the island by the fires.
Biden will take an aerial tour of the impacted areas, a White House official said, followed by a briefing from state and local officials on the ground.
The president will also deliver remarks paying respects to those killed by the fires, the White House official said. In his remarks, Biden will announce the appointment of Bob Fenton as the chief federal response coordinator to oversee the long-term recovery effort.
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