Trump asks Corps leader to stay on until Senate confirms his successor.

Corps is working with at least 13 states to convert hotels, college dorms into "ICU-like" space, its commander Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite says.

Spellmon now is deputy commanding general overseeing Corps civil works and emergency-response activities.

Key appropriators slam proposed $2-billion, or 31%, reduction in civil-works program.

Some Corps civil-works projects may be included in Trump's long-awaited, unfinished $1-trillion infrastructure plan.