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Bill Clinton Tours St. Thomas And St. John, Seeing For Himself Damage Wrought By Storms

ST. THOMAS -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and members of the Clinton Foundation, as announced last week, visited the U.S. Virgin Islands -- specifically St. Thomas and St. John -- on Monday, touring areas on both islands affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, while visiting My Brother's Workshop and the Schneider Regional Medical Center on St. Thomas, and meeting with local leaders on St. John. During the visit, Mr. Clinton agreed that hardening the territory’s infrastructure will save both tax dollars and lives. “The taxpayers will save money, but it’s also the morally right thing to do,” said the former president during a meeting with territorial leaders, including Virgin Islands Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett and Senate President Myron Jackson. Mr. Mapp told Mr. Clinton that the federal government had spent millions rebuilding the U.S. Virgin Islands electrical grid and repairing public buildings in the past, only to have to spend money all over again when the territory w...