An Administration-Wide Response to the
Drought
Throughout much of the country, communities are struggling with one of the
worst droughts to strike the U.S. in decades. And President Obama has directed
the federal government -- from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the Army
Corps of Engineers -- to provide assistance to farmers, ranchers, and small
businesses wrestling with this crisis.
The President has described this as an "all-hands-on-deck response."
Yesterday, he said, "We're going to continue to solicit ideas from state and
local organizations, faith-based organizations, not-for-profit groups, the
private sector, and most of all, the farmers and ranchers that are directly
impacted, to find additional ways that we can help -- because when there’s a
disaster like this, everybody needs to pull together."
President Barack Obama meets with the White House Rural Council to discuss
ongoing efforts in response to the drought, in the Roosevelt Room of the White
House, Aug. 7, 2012. Among those attending with the President were, from left,
Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Karen
Mills, Administrator of the Small Business Administration. (Official White House
Photo by Pete Souza)
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