Small Difference Between Biological Disasters and Natural Disaster Says DHS Official
David Heyman, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, describes the difference between a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) disaster and a natural disaster. (0:27)
July 28, 2009
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