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Coast Guard commandant: Trump administration was ‘committed’ to Puerto Rico

By Kelly Cohen
Published September 16, 2018 3:23pm ET
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Coast Guard commandant: Trump administration was ‘committed’ to Puerto Rico
U.S. Coast Guard Vice Admiral Karl Schultz speaks during a news conference where the Coast Guard announced that more than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million had been seized by the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The cocaine was brought ashore Thursday following multiple recent seizures by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy in the eastern Pacific. | (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday that the Trump administration was “committed” to helping Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

“I know that the [federal] efforts that I saw were very much committed to the citizens of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico,” Adm. Karl Schultz told ABC’s “This Week” when asked if he agreed with President Trump that the federal efforts in Puerto Rico were successful.

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