A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. (Saturday, July 23, 2011) – Today, U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the following upcoming Committee events:
Tuesday, July 26
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 26 in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
Rep. Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Chairman
INVITED WITNESSES INCLUDE:
Mr. Warren M. Stern
Director
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Carl Pavetto
Deputy Associate Administrator
Office of Emergency Operations
National Nuclear Security Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Richard Daddario
Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism
New York City Police Department
Mr. Mark Perez
Homeland Security Advisor
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Mr. David C. Maurer
Director
Homeland Security and Justice Issues
Government Accountability Office
Chairman Lungren on the hearing:
“The detonation of a nuclear or radiological device in a U.S. city is my greatest fear. It would be a catastrophic event, in the truest sense of the word, causing enormous death and destruction, as well as economic disruption. Our hearing will examine how our nation’s domestic defenses under the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture will detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear attack and whether there are Federal, state and local gaps in this architecture. Enhancing our domestic capabilities, when integrated within a global security framework, is our best chance at preventing such a catastrophic attack on our homeland.”
Wednesday, July 27
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27 in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Full Committee
Rep. Peter T. King (NY), Chairman
Witnesses to be announced
Chairman King on the hearing:
“In our first two hearings, the Committee has examined radicalization of Muslim-Americans generally and focused on the problem of radicalization in U.S. prisons.
“At this hearing, the third in a series, we will examine Somalia-based terrorist organization al Shabaab’s ongoing recruitment, radicalization, and training of young Muslim-Americans and al Shabaab’s linking up with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
“In Minnesota, Ohio, and other states, dozens of young Muslim males have been recruited, radicalized, and then taken from their communities for overseas terrorist training by al Shabaab. In a number of cases, the men – including both Somali-Americans and other converts -- have carried out suicide bombings or have otherwise been killed, often without their families even knowing where their sons have gone. There has not been sufficient cooperation from mosque leaders. In at least one instance, a Minnesota imam told the desperate family of a missing young man not to cooperate with the FBI.
“There are growing concerns that al Shabaab in Somalia is linking up with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen to better train these radicalized young men in order to attack Americans around the world, as well as launch attacks against our homeland.
“This coordinated and ongoing recruitment and radicalization of young Muslim men in the U.S. is a serious and growing threat to our homeland security and simply cannot be ignored.”
***See www.homeland.house.gov for updates.
***Coverage note: All Committee on Homeland Security hearings are webcast live at www.homeland.house.gov.
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