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North Carolina native Erik Hooks took his oath Monday to become Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new deputy administrator. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell swore in Hooks, who most recently served as North Carolina’s secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security adviser. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. appointed Hooks for the deputy administrator position earlier this year […]
