SENATE COMMITTEE EXAMINES STATE OF NATION'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Maj. Gen. Don Riley, director of civil works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nation's emergency preparedness and response system on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 27, 2006. (UPI Photo/Eduardo Sverdlin)
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