Trump Taps Former Navy SEAL Hamilton as Interim FEMA Director

President Donald Trump has named former Navy SEAL Cameron Hamilton as new interim director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, reports The New York Times.

Hamilton, the vice president of Feds for Freedom, a nonprofit accountability group made up of government workers who fight for “accountability, transparency, and reform,” has criticized the federal government for prioritizing spending money on foreign wars over supporting U.S. citizens affected by natural disasters.

He was named the “senior official performing the duties” of the FEMA administrator, the Times said, citing two people with the decision.

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