Clinton pressed Trump to deploy hospital ship Comfort to Puerto Rico. Now its on the way.

Source: washpost




The USNS Comfort, the Navy’s East Coast hospital ship, has not been sent to provide hurricane relief in Puerto Rico. (Photo by (Bill Mesta/ Navy)


As the devastation from Hurricane Maria became more apparent Sunday, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton implored President Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to help the people of Puerto Rico. Send the Navy, she tweeted, especially the hospital ship USNS Comfort.

Two days later, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Brock Long announced that the Navy will soon do exactly that. The decision, announced in front of the White House on Tuesday afternoon, was not later confirmed by the Navy. It comes after days of critics saying that the U.S. government isn’t doing enough to support hurricane relief in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of nearly 3.5 million people that faces months without electricity and a long rebuilding process.
 

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