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Bill Estep and Beth Musgrave

'We're not leaving,' Biden promises in visit to flood-ravaged Eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — President Joe Biden pledged during a trip to Kentucky that the federal government would be in the state for the long haul to help people in damaged communities recover from historic floods.

Biden and first lady Jill Biden visited Eastern Kentucky Monday and viewed damage from the July 28 floods.

“I promise we’re not leaving,” Biden said during a news conference in Breathitt County Monday. “The federal government and all its resources, we are not leaving.”

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