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Homeland Security

2006 Congressional Hearings

September


Hezbollah's Global Reach
September 28, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Irregular Warfare Roadmap
September 27, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism and Unconventional Threats
The Need for European Assistance to Colombia for the Fight against Illicit Drugs
September 21, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
H.R. 6054 - To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war and for other purposes
September 13, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee
9/11: Five Years Later--Gauging Islamist Terrorism
September 7, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Standards of military commissions and tribunals
September 7, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee

August


U.S. southern border security - national security implications and issues for the armed services
August 2, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee
  • Lieutenant H Steven Blum, USA Chief, National Guard Bureau
  • Colonel Ben Hancock, USMC, Commanding Officer, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ, U.S. Marine Corps
  • Deputy Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey Calhoon, Sector Deputy Chief, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency
  • Major General Antonio J. Pineda, National Commander, U.S. Civil Air Patrol
  • Ms. Vivian Juan-Saunders, Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation

U.S. northern border security - national security implications and issues for the armed services
August 1, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee
  • Brigadier General Michael Peplinski, USAF, Commander 127th Wing, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Air National Guard
  • Chief Patrol Agent John Bates, Sector Chief, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency
  • Captain Patrick Brennan, USCG, Commanding Officer, Sector Detroit, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Mr. John Jamian, Former Maritime Administrator, Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Former Executive Director, Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, Michigan Legislator
  • Sheriff Dan Lane, St. Clair County Sheriff's Department, St. Clair County, MI
  • Colonel Paul Disney, USA, U.S. Northern Command, Joint Task Force North - J3, U.S. Army
  • Mr. Gurdit Dhillon, Director of Field Operations, Detroit Field Office, U.S. Customs Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

July


Standards of military commissions and tribunals
July 26, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee
  • Honorable Patricia M. Wald, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (retired); Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
  • Judge Gerald Gahima, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace; Former Judge, War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia Herzegovina; Former Deputy Chief Justice and Attorney General of Rwanda
  • Mr. Michael P. Scharf, Professor of Law and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law
  • Ms. Jennifer Elsea, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service

Immigration: Responding to a Regional Crisis
July 26, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
US-UK Extradition Treaty
July 21, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senator Lugar's Opening Statement


    • Panel I
  • Jack Meehan, President, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Quincy, Massachusetts
  • Dr. Robert C. Linnon, President, Irish American Unity Conference, Boynton Beach, Florida
  • Professor Francis A. Boyle, University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
  • Professor Madeline Morris, Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina


    • Panel II
  • Bruce C. Swartz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division , Department of Justice, Washington, DC
  • Paul J. McNulty, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC
  • Samuel M. Witten, Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State, Washington, DC

Military commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
July 19,2006 - Senate Committee on Armed Services
Military commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
July 13, 2006 - Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Major General Scott C. Black, USA The Judge Advocate General of the Army
  • Rear Admiral James E. McPherson, USN Judge Advocate General of the Navy
  • Major General Jack L. Rives, USAF The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force
  • Brigadier General Kevin M. Sandkulher, USMC Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
  • Major General Thomas J. Romig, USA (Ret.) Former Judge Advocate General of the Army
  • Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.) Former Judge Advocate General of the Navy

Venezuela: Terrorism Hub of South America?
July 13, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Standards of military commissions and tribunals
July 12, 2006 - House Armed Services Committee

June


Somalia: Expanding Crisis in the Horn of Africa
June 29, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Hurricane Reconstruction and Preparedness
June 28, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Making Safe Blood Available in Africa
June 27, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations
International Methamphetamine Trafficking
June 21, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • John P. Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC
  • Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics, and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC
  • Karen P. Tandy, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Trafficking in Persons
June 21, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations
Modern-Day Slavery: Spotlight on the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report, Forced Labor, and Sex Trafficking at the World Cup
June 14, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations
Counterterrorism: The Changing Face of Terror
June 13, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senator Lugar's Opening Statement


    • Panel I
  • Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State, Washington, DC
  • John Scott Redd, Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.), Director, National Counterterrorism Center Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Washington, DC


    • Panel II
    John E. McLaughlin, Senior Fellow, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
  • Daniel Benjamin, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

May


The Regional Impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
May 31, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    Panel I
  • Ann Barrett, Managing Director of Passport Services, Department of State, Washington, DC
  • Robert M. Jacksta, Executive Director , Traveler Security and Facilitation, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC


    • Panel II
  • Thomas Slade Gorton III, Former U.S. Senator, Former Commissioner on the 9/11 Commission, Of Counsel, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, Seattle, WA


    • Panel III
  • France Dionne, Québec's Delegate to New England, Boston, MA


    • Panel IV
  • Senator Carl R. Johnson, New Hampshire State Senate, Co-chair, General Court's NH-Canadian Trade Council, Concord, NH
  • Henry Goode, Deputy Director, New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism, Development, Concord, NH
  • Jayne O'Connor, President , White Mountain Attractions , North Woodstock, NH
  • Gail Hanson, Executive Director , New Hampshire Snowmobile Association, Bow, NH

Applying Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina: How the Department of Defense is Preparing for the Upcoming Hurricane Season
May 25, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
Border Security - Mission of the National Guard
May 24, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee
The roles and missions of the National Guard in support of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
May 17, 2006 - Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense
  • Lieutenant General James T. Conway, USMC, Director of Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff
  • Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau
  • Chief David V. Aguilar, Office of Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Reviewing the State Department's Annual Report on Terrorism
May 11, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Germany's World Cup Brothels: Women and Children at Risk of Exploitation through Trafficking
May 4, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations

April


Implementing The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: A Progress Report
April 27, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    Panel I
  • Byron L. Dorgan, United States Senate
  • Charles E. Schumer, United States Senate
  • Thomas M. Reynolds, United States House of Representatives
  • Louise M. Slaughter, United States House of Representatives


    • Panel II
  • Mr. Frank E. Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC
  • Mr. Paul Rosenzweig, Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of the Policy, Directorate and Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy Development, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC


    • Panel III
  • Mr. Ken Oplinger, President/CEO , Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Bellingham, WA
  • Mr. Brian Sage, Landowners Association of the Northwest Angle & Islands, Angle Inlet, MN
  • Mr. Howard Zemsky, Board of Directors, Buffalo Niagara Partnership , Buffalo, NY

Checking Terrorism at the Border
April 6, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Islamist Extremism in Europe
April 5, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    Panel I
  • Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC
  • Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism , Department of State, Washington, DC


    • Panel II
  • Tom C. Korologos, Ambassador to Belgium, Department of State, Washington, DC


    • Panel III
  • Dr. Robin Niblett, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Director of the Europe Program , Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Mary Habeck, Associate Professor of Strategic Studies, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University , Washington, DC
  • Daniel Benjamin, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC

Improving interagency coordination for the Global War on Terror and beyond
April 4, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee

March


Counternarcotics Strategies in Latin America
March 30, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
The Terrorist Threat from Shoulder-Fired Missiles
March 30, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation
Offshore Banking, Corruption, and the War on Terrorism
March 29, 2006 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Defense Science and Technology: Investment to Shape the Evolving Terrorist Threat
March 29, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
Implementing the Global War on Terror strategy: Overcoming Interagency Problems
March 15, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
The roles and missions of the Department of Defense regarding homeland defense and support to civil authorities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2007 and the Future Years Defense Program
March 10, 2006 - Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
National Security Implications of the Dubai Ports World Deal to Take Over Management of U.S. Ports
March 2, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee
  • Chairman Hunter's opening statement

    Panel I
  • Frank Gaffney, President, Center for Security Policy
  • Dr. James Carafano, Senior Fellow for National Security and Homeland Security, The Heritage Foundation
  • Stephen Flynn, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

    Panel II
  • Edward H. Bilkey, Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Ports World
  • George Dalton, General Counsel, Dubai Ports World
  • Michael Moore, Senior Vice President, Commercial Dubai Ports World
  • Robert Scavone, Executive Vice President, Security, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

    Panel III
  • Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense
  • Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary, Policy, Planning and International Affairs, Department of Homeland Security
  • Clay Lowery, Assistant Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury
  • Alan Misenheimer, Director, Office of Arabian Peninsula and Iran Affairs, Department of State
  • Rear Admiral Thomas Gilmour, USCG, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, U.S. Coast Guard

February


Combating al Qaeda and the Militant Jihadist Threat
February 16, 2006 - The House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities
NATO: From Common Defense to Common Security
February 07, 2006 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations



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