Arizonans abundant at U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Jeremy Duda, of the Arizona Capitol Times, spoke with David Olive, Principle of Catalyst Partners, to discuss the high number of Arizona officials that accompanied Secretary Janet Napolitano to the Department of Homeland Security.Read the full article here
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By a vote of 90-6, the US Senate overwhelmingly blocked President Obama’s efforts to close Guantanamo Prison by preventing the Administration access to funds to fulfill one of its first Executive Orders. The reason? There’s no plan.While...
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This morning the White House is slated to announce that Dr. Thomas Frieden will be the new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Frieden is currently the City of New York’s top health...
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About Time & Waste of TimeIt’s over. Janet has spoken. We now have the answer that we’ve been waiting for since January 15, 2009, the date of her Senate confirmation. FEMA stays put. At her...
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Civil Air Patrol's Role in Homeland SecurityThe House has scheduled a Tuesday vote on a bill (HR 1178) to order an assessment of whether the volunteer Civil Air Patrol can help the Department of Homeland Security with aerial reconnaissance...
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How stupid does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi think we are? In a press conference earlier today she declared that the CIA mislead her during their briefings to her on what interrogation techniques were used on captured suspected terrorists....
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With yesterday’s announcement of Dr. Tara O’Toole’s nomination to be DHS’ next Under Secretary for Science & Technology it should not go unnoticed that a significant portion of the Department’s leadership positions are held by women. While I’ve...
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America: Despite the existence of H1N1, you’re going to be OK - really! As of May 5th there were 403 confirmed cases of H1N1 infection in the United States. One of those, my friend’s niece in New...
DetailsGreat Exchanges in the Senate Cyber Hearing
While the debate on the future of cyber security has been underway for some time, one of the world’s great deliberative bodies, the US Senate (in the form of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee) brought an...
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With the declaration of a Public Health Emergency from the recent outbreak of Swine Flu, the nation’s eyes will be turning towards the White House, Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security and others to examine how...
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