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Terrorism: Reports & Links
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The Patriot Act
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9/11 - Hearings & Links
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Recent Programs
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The Senate Homeland Security Cmte. held a hearing on the lessons learned and implications of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of Northwest Flight 253. The session focused on vulnerabilities in watch-listing and airport pre-screening systems. They also investigated how terrorist leads are tracked and used to identify potential terrorists.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 3 min.
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 Hearing: From Earlier
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Marine Brigadier General Lawrence Nicholson, Commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade briefed reporters at the Pentagon via satellite from Afghanistan to provide an update on Operation Moshtarak.
Washington, DC
: 33 min.
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Defense Dept. Briefing
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Under the Obama administration’s FY2010 budget proposal for Homeland Security appropriations, the TSA’s annual budget would increase by more than $1 billion from 2009 to 2011. At a House hearing, Acting Transportation Security Administrator Gale Rossides discussed the budget request and the development of new technologies, such as travel inspection scanners.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 29 min.
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TSA Hearing
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen conducted a monthly news conference in Brussels. He discussed the potential impact of the scheduled August withdrawal of 2,000 Dutch troops from Afghanistan. Following the Secretary General, Lt. Gen. William Caldwell discussed pay increases for Afghan army and police forces aimed at reducing attrition levels.
Brussels, Belgium
: 1 hr. 15 min.
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NATO Monthly News Conference
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Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke briefed the press on his trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Georgia and Germany.
Washington, DC
: 35 min.
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State Dept. Briefing
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The Commission on Wartime Contracting, an independent panel created by Congress to look at wartime contracting practices, heard from officials with the State and Defense Departments about their coordination and oversight of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bipartisan commission will send a report to Congress with its findings later this year.
Washington, DC
: 2 hr. 54 min.
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Contracting Hearing
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak talked about Israel's security challenges, including the threat of Iran's nuclear ambitions, the spread of missile technology to Hamas and Hizballah, and the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians. The Washington Institute For Near East Policy hosted this event as part of the Third Annual Zeev Schiff Memorial Lecture on Middle East Security.
Washington, DC
: 1 hr. 44 min.
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Ehud Barak on Security Challenges
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband testified before the Foreign Affairs Cmte. on British troops in Afghanistan and relations with Pakistan. Members asked questions about reports of displaced families and civilian casualties in Marja, in Southern Afghanistan, where NATO troops have been involved in a major offensive against the Taliban. Mr. Miliband also talked about U.S. and U.K. relations with Pakistan, and the current political climate under President Karzai.
London, UK
: 1 hr. 57 min.
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Foreign Sec. David Miliband
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