Former National Weather Service Chief: Rewriting History 'Diminishes NOAA'
President Donald Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, September 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In 1997, Elbert “Joe” Friday was fired from his post as director of the National Weather Service by the administration of President Bill Clinton, a Democrat. He had refused to certify that budget cuts being ordered by the White House would not affect the country. “I said, ‘No. I'm not...