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On the recordMarch 5, 2018
The Army Corps were staggeringly slow in installing the blue tarp roofs on houses that were seriously damaged by hurricanes.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett highlights the slow response of the Army Corps in providing temporary housing solutions post-hurricane.

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