(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Byard to be administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the White House said in a statement Friday night.
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Byard currently serves as associate administrator for response and recovery at FEMA, according to the White House statement.
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News of the nomination comes after FEMA chief Brock Long said earlier this week that he plans to leave the agency.
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