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Ben Carson jokes it will take ‘between 1 and 100 years’ to rebuild Puerto Rico

By Anna Giaritelli
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Ben Carson jokes it will take ‘between 1 and 100 years’ to rebuild Puerto Rico

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson joked Wednesday the hurricane recovery efforts in Puerto Rico could last up to a century.

The Hill’s Editor-in-Chief Bob Cusack asked Carson during a Wednesday event to estimate how many years it will take for his department to rebuild the devastated U.S. territory.

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