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Associated Press - June 16, 2009 5:34 AM ET
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A top official with the Army Corps of Engineers goes before a U.S. Senate committee for an update on the work to protect the New Orleans region from hurricanes.
Brig. Gen. Michael Walsh, the commander of the Army Corps' Mississippi Valley Division, which has oversight of work in New Orleans, will appear Tuesday before the Senate's Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Besides Walsh, the hearing will feature state officials, an expert with the National Research Council and an engineer with the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection AuthorityEast.
Also, Louisiana's two senators - Mary Landrieu and David Vitter - are expected to testify.
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