Trump orders review of Fema after saying disaster agency ‘is not good’
by Robert Tait in Washington from on (#6TVSC)
Council including defense and homeland security secretaries will report within 180 days on future of agency
Donald Trump has ordered an investigation into whether there should be a radical shake-up of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema), the US government's body for responding to natural disasters, after saying he supported its abolition.
In a new executive order, the returning president appointed a review council to examine the workings of the agency, which he accused of political bias and of denying aid to his supporters.
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