Washington has played this role in every major disaster dating back to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, when over 4, 000 troops from the U.S. Army's Pacific Division were mobilized to provide emergency relief, including constructing temporary housing for 20, 000 survivors.

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Together they are responsible for constructing the country's regional and foreign policies, including the nuclear portfolio and relations with Western powers.

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He spent days constructing dams in a creek at his grandparents' farm, including one so high that it flooded the barn.

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