Scott Simmons, the director of external affairs for the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, discusses how the state is preparing for this weekend’s monster storm.
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The Pentagon has released a new strategy that shifts the focus of U.S. military strategy toward a new priority: dominating the Western Hemisphere. NPR looks at the implications of that strategy.
