This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows storm damage from Superstorm Sandy in a portion of New Haven Conn. taken during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass, following Hurricane Sandy Wednesday Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson)
This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows storm damage from Superstorm Sandy in a portion of New Haven Conn. taken during an overflight with Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass, following Hurricane Sandy Wednesday Oct. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson)
President Barack Obama waves upon his arrival at the Lima Allen County Airport, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in Lima, Ohio, prior to a campaign stop. (AP Photo/David Kohl)
The half of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge attached to Brooklyn is lit while the half attached to Staten Island is dark in New York, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 96 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 3.6 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. The cost of the storm could exceed $18 billion in New York alone. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In this photo provided by NBC, Bruce Springsteen performs during "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together" Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, in New York. Hosted by Matt Lauer, the event is heavy on stars identified with New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area, which took the brunt of this week's deadly storm. (AP Photo/NBC, Heidi Gutman)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama on Saturday told Americans impacted by Superstorm Sandy that the country will be there for them as long as it takes to recover and rebuild.
In his final weekly radio and Internet address before Election Day, Obama said he has ordered his team not to let red tape and bureaucracy delay solving problems, especially for getting power restored.
"Our number one concern has been making sure that affected states and communities have everything they need to respond to and recover from this storm," Obama said in the address. There is "a lot of work ahead" for many storm-damaged communities, he added.
Obama will convene a meeting Saturday with his team, to be joined by telephone by officials including Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Administrator Craig Fugate, and other members of Obama's Cabinet also will participate.
After the meetings administration officials will fan out to visit storm-damaged communities throughout the affected region to view response efforts firsthand, and make sure necessary resources are being provided.
Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan will visit New York City public housing developments in the Rockaways and tour Breezy Point, a beachfront neighborhood in Queens where fire pushed by Sandy's raging winds destroyed as many as 100 homes and buildings.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will also go to New York to visit hospital workers, residents impacted by the storm, and local officials in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will join Malloy and other state and local officials and small business owners in Norwalk and Bridgeport, Conn.
Napolitano will travel to West Virginia and Long Island.
The president's chief counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, will join officials from FEMA, the Transportation Department and the Army Corps of Engineers in Hoboken, Newark, and Jersey City, N.J., as well as New York's Staten Island.
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Obama address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/
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