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Biden sending up to 1,000 troops to North Carolina and other Helene disaster zones

By Emily Hallas
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President Joe Biden authorized the Department of Defense to send 1,000 active-duty U.S. troops to aid states struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. 

The president made the announcement Wednesday, as the White House indicated that most of the troops will be focused in North Carolina, one of the coastal states hardest hit by the natural disaster. 

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