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The Coronavirus Pandemic And National Security

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FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor told CNN on Tuesday morning that the administration would use the powers of the Defense Production Act for the first time related to orders of test kits and masks.

Host Robin Young speaks with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT) with Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies program about how the coronavirus pandemic might affect national security.

This segment aired on March 24, 2020.

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