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FEMA Chief Urged To Extend Ike Programs

Posted on February 1, 2010

Briefly: The Houston Chronicle reports that U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee asked the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Friday to extend housing and case management assistance programs for Hurricane Ike victims from February to September.

“FEMA Chief Urged To Extend Ike Programs” (via The Houston Chronicle)

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