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Kristi Noem: “All emergencies and disasters should be executed by local…”

Featuring: Kristi Noem, Republican | Secretary of Homeland Security, Former Governor of South Dakota | National

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Kristi Noem Announces TSA Initiatives for Military and Families at Nashville International Airport

Published | Video Starts at 15:41

FEMA is supposed to be an agency at the federal level that looks at disaster response through a different lens than what it has in previous years, especially under the Biden administration. All emergencies and disasters should be executed by local officials, people in those local cities and counties. It should be then managed by the state. The state manages that disaster response and makes the best decisions for the people that live there. (15:41–15:49)

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Asserts that disaster response should be managed by local officials.

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