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Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Carl Strock explains that the levees protecting New Orleans were designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Sept. 2, 2005. Strock briefed reporters on what the Corps is doing to help the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama recover from Hurricane Katrina. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

Lt. Gen. Carl Strock explains that the levees protecting New Orleans were designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane.

Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Carl Strock explains that the levees protecting New Orleans were designed to withstand a Category 3 hurricane during a press briefing at the Pentagon on Sept. 2, 2005. Strock briefed reporters on what the Corps is doing to help the people of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama recover from Hurricane Katrina. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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