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Homeland Security

2007 Congressional Hearings

July


The Case of Ramos and Compean: The Across-Border Context
July 31, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
  • Mr. T.J. Bonner, President, National Border Patrol Council of the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
  • David L. Botsford, J.D., Botsford & Roark

Hearing on FEMA Preparedness in 2007 and Beyond
July 31, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman's Opening Statement

  • R. David Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Major General Terry Scherling, Director of the Joint Staff, National Guard Bureau
  • Matt Jadacki, Deputy Inspector General, Office of the Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security
  • Al Ashwood, Director, Oklahoma State Emergency Management Agency, President, National Emergency Management Agency
  • Christopher Geldart, Director, Office of National Capitol Region Coordination
  • Dewayne West, Director of Emergency Management for Johnston County, North Carolina, National Association of Counties, the International Association of Emergency Managers
  • Darrell Darnell, Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency
  • William Jenkins, Director, Homeland Security & Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office
  • Kathleen Tierney, Director, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado-Boulder

Extraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, And Treatment Of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility And Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing
July 26, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
  • Senator Biden's Opening Statement


    • Witnesses:
  • Tom Malinowski, Washington Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch, Washington, DC
  • Major General Paul Eaton, USA (Ret.), Former Commanding General, Office of Security Transition, Baghdad, Iraq
  • Dr. Philip Zelikow, White Burkett Miller Professor of History, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
  • Dr. Daniel Byman, Director, Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign, Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on Upholding the Principle of Habeas Corpus for Detainees.
July 26, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee
  • Chairman Skelton's Opening Statement


    • Witnesses:
    Panel 1:
  • Stephen Oleskey, Partner, Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr LLP
  • David Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union
  • Patrick Philbin, Former Associate Deputy Attorney General
  • Stephen E. Abraham, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army Reserves


    • Panel 2:
  • Daniel J. Dell'Orto, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Department of Defense
  • Greg Katsas, Principle Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice
  • Rear Admiral James M. McGarrah, Civil Engineer Corps, United States Navy (Retired)

The Joint Full Committee and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will meet to receive testimony on Implications of the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda.
July 25, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Chairman Skelton's Opening Statement


    • Witnesses:
  • James Clapper, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
  • Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Acting)
  • Pete Verga, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense (Acting)
  • Michael Leiter, Deputy Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Director of the Interagency Task Force on Homeland Threats
  • Edward Gistaro, National Intelligence Officer for Transnational Threats

Deportees in Latin America and the Caribbean
July 24, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Hurricane Katrina Response, Committee Probes FEMA's Response to Reports of Toxic Trailers
July 19, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Passport Delays: Affecting Security and Disrupting Free Travel and Trade
July 11, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations
The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on Strategic Communications and Comparative Ideas: Winning the Hearts and Minds in the Global War Against Terrorists.
July 11, 2007 - House Armed Service Committee, The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
  • Subcommittee Chairman Smith's Opening Statement


    • Witnesses:
  • Linton Wells, II, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Fellow, Force Transformation Chair
  • Dr. Amy Zalman, Policy Analyst, SAIC
  • Frank Kramer, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Policy)

The full committee will meet to receive testimony on global security assessment.
July 11, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee
  • Chairman Skelton's Opening Statement


    • Witnesses:
  • Dr. Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Robert Cardillo, Deputy Director for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency
  • John A. Kringen, Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency

June


The Government's Response to the Nation's Emergency Room Crisis
June 22, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Adding Hezbollah to the EU Terrorist List
June 20, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe
The Passport Backlog and the State Department's Response to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
June 13, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senator Lugar's Opening Statement


    • Witness:
  • Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC

May


Expanding the Visa Waiver Program, Enhancing Transatlantic Relations
May 24, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe
Hearing Examines Achievements and Opportunities for Climate Protection Under the Montreal Protocol
May 23, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  • Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman's Opening Statement


  • Dr. Guus Velders, lead author of a recent scientific paper quantifying the climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol
  • Allan Thornton, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency, an international nongovernmental organization with expertise on the Montreal Protocol
  • Dr. Mack McFarland, Environmental Fellow, DuPont Fluoroproducts, a major corporation that manufactures alternatives to substances that deplete the ozone layer

Declining Approval for American Foreign Policy in Muslim Countries: Does It Make It More Difficult to Fight al Qaeda?
May 17, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Lethal Loopholes: Deficiencies in State and Federal Gun Purchase Laws
May 10, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
    Panel I:
  • Robyn Thomas, Executive Director, Legal Community Against Violence
  • Paul Helmke, President, Brady Campaign Against Handgun Violence
  • John Feinblatt, Criminal Justice Coordinator for New York City


    • Panel II:
  • Rachel L. Brand, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, US. Department of Justice
  • Stephen R. Rubenstein, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosive


    • Panel III:
  • Professor Daniel Webster, Johns Hopkins University
  • Professor Susan Sorenson, University of Pennsylvania
  • Ron Honberg, Director of Policy and Legal Affairs, National Alliance on Mental Illness

Extremist Madrassas, Ghost Schools, and U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Are We Making the Grade on the 9/11 Commission Report Card?
May 9, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
Climate Change:National Security Threats
May 9, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

April


Legal issues regarding individuals detained by the Department of Defense as unlawful enemy combatants
April 26, 2007 - Senate Committee on Armed Servies
Malaria Awareness Day: Leveraging Progress for Future Advances
April 25, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Isolating Proliferators and Sponsors of Terror: The Use of Sanctions and the International Financial System to Change Regime Behavior
April 18, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Extraordinary Rendition in U.S. Counterterrorism Policy: The Impact on Transatlantic Relations
April 17, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, and Subcommittee on Europe


    Briefers:
  • Jonathan Evans, Member, European Parliament, Chairman, European Parliament Delegation for Relations with the United States
  • Claudio Fava, Member, European Parliament, Author, Report on the Alleged Use of European Countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners
  • Baroness Sarah Ludford, Member, European Parliament, Vice-Chair, Temporary Committee on the Alleged Use of European Countries by the CIA for the Transportation and Illegal Detention of Prisoners


    • Witnesses:
  • Julianne Smith, Director and Senior Fellow, Europe Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  • Michael F. Scheuer, Former Chief, Bin Laden Unit, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Transcript

March


Military Commissions Act and the continued use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention facility
March 29, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee
Department of Defense counterproliferation, counterterrorism, and science and technology priorities
March 21, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
The Global Threat of Drug-Resistant TB: A Call to Action for World TB Day
March 21, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Welcome to America?
March 20, 2007 - House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight
Committee Examines Political Interference with Climate Science
March 19, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
National Security Personnel System - Is it Really Working?
March 6, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Readiness subcommittee

February


Challenges for the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) posed by the global terrorist threat
February 14, 2007 - House Armed Services Committee, Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
Committee Approves The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 and The Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007
February 14, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Hearing Questions Management of Homeland Security Contracts
February 8, 2007 - Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Exploring a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction and Counter-Terrorism Strategy for Somalia
February 6, 2007 - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
    Panel I
  • Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Department of State
  • Michael Hess, Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development


    • Panel II
  • David Shinn, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC
  • Dr. Ken Menkhaus, Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
  • Dr. J. Stephen Morrison, Director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC



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