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Pete Gaynor Confirmed by U.S. Senate as FEMA Administrator

Gaynor confirmed and, who is Wolf?

Who is this Wolf — making the announcement about Pete Gaynor being confirmed by the Senate as the "no longer temporary/acting" FEMA administrator?

Well the Wolf referred to below is Chad F. Wolf the current, and acting Department of Homeland Security secretary. I think in the future a great trivia question would be, "Name the people who have served as the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security during the Trump administration."

Congratulations to Pete for being confirmed:

Acting Secretary Wolf Statement on the Confirmation of Pete Gaynor:
“Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed Pete Gaynor to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As Acting Administrator of FEMA throughout 2019 and into 2020, Gaynor led the agency’s recovery efforts for many devastating disasters, including the California wildfires, tornado outbreaks, severe storms, flooding in the Midwest, and the Puerto Rico earthquakes. And as Deputy Administrator for the 2018 hurricane season, Pete guided FEMA through some tremendous challenges to provide much needed assistance to disaster survivors across the country. Pete’s experience as both a state and local emergency manager, combined with more than two decades of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, have made him an invaluable leader of the agency. I look forward to continuing to work with him to support the men and women of FEMA as they carry out their incredible work.”
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Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.