FEMA Chief Brock Long Leaving Agency He Led Through Deadly Storms

  • Brock Long was criticized for aftermath of deadly hurricane
  • He was also subject of ethic complaint over use of agency cars
Brock Long, right, speaks to Donald Trump at the White HousePhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters -- including a widely panned response to a storm that devastated Puerto Rico.

“While this has been the opportunity of the lifetime, it is time for me to go home to my family –- my beautiful wife and two incredible boys,” Long said in a statement. He said he would leave March 8 and his deputy, Peter Gaynor, would serve as acting administrator.