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Pointing to how the Louisiana native led the Katrina Task Force, Pelosi emphasized the Louisiana native's "focus was military support to civilian authorities."

ADVERTISEMENT Five people died in the violent clash, including a Capitol Police officer and a woman who was fatally shot as she tried to gain access to the House floor. Thousands of National Guard troops have now been deployed to guard the Capitol amid credible security threats aimed at disrupting Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony.   Honoré is perhaps best known for serving as commander of the Joint Task Force Katrina, which coordinated the military’s relief efforts for those impacted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He worked with congressional leaders in that role. The retired Army gene...

Experts Warn of Inauguration Threat to Soft Targets, 'Fully Expect Violence' On 1/11/21 at 10:46 PM EST With President-elect Joe Biden's Inauguration looming on Jan. 20 amid one of the most serious political crises in the country's modern history, experts expressed concern to Newsweek that the event itself may not necessarily be the primary focus for President Donald Trump loyalists seeking to disrupt the transition of power by attacking more vulnerable targets around the nation. "Soft targets, crowded places, and critical infrastructure remain an attractive target to domestic terrorists and...

Robert Ricks poses outside of the National Weather Service with a plaque he received  from the U.S. Department of Commerce for his 30 years of service, in Slidell, La., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Ricks is retiring after 30 years of with the National Weather Service. He participated in forecasts on 25 hurricanes that affected southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi, from Andrew through Zeta. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate) STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER

December 23, 2020 St. James Parish, Louisiana is a small black community at the end of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, they demand a safe and open evacuation route. Given the level of toxicity in this parish, it has earn the name of Cancer Ally. Photo by Fernando Lopez for Survival Media Agency. On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In 2018, archaeological consultants for Formosa, a company that plans to build a giant plastics manufacturing facil...