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Murkowski Morning Meeting, 7/11/2012 - Evolving Global Threats

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

U.S. Senate Events 

Terrorism Based on “Bankrupt” Ideology

Alaskan Impact: Though thousands of miles from New York City and other previous terrorist targets,   Alaska is not insulated from our own national security threats, especially infrastructure like the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Less than a month before the Summer Olympics begin and raise security concerns worldwide, a panel of experts warned the Senate Homeland Security Committee and Americans to not be complacent.

6:00am AKDT

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing

Topic: “The Future of Homeland Security: Evolving and Emerging Threats”

Testimony from:

• Retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden, Former CIA director and principal of the Chertoff Group
• Brian Michael Jenkins, Senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corporation
• Frank Cilluffo, George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute

Ciluffo: 58 plots have been disrupted … We must expose the bankrupt ideology

Watch the entire hearing online: http://bit.ly/OApJtC

House of Representatives Events

Avalanche of National Security Leaks

Alaskan Impact:  National security leaks coming out of the White House have dominated recent news reports. Senator Murkowski has joined her Senate colleagues in demanding answers from Attorney General Eric Holder about the “avalanche of leaks.” Today, the House Judiciary Committee examined the issue.

6:00am AKDT

House Judiciary Committee Hearing

Topic: “National Security Leaks and the Law”

Testimony from:

• Kenneth Wainstein, partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
• Nathan Sales, assistant professor of law at the George Mason University
• Retired Army Col. Ken Allard

Watch the entire hearing online: http://1.usa.gov/M4N1ZY

Off the Hill Events

The Tax Hikes of Health Care Reform

Alaskan Impact: A recent Washington Post/ABC poll published this week shows a majority of Americans disagree with the White House’s health care policies.  Though the Supreme Court upheld health care reform in a legal challenge, they recognized the controversial and confusing law is only constitutional only as a tax – a $2.6 trillion tax on Americans over the next 10 years.

11:30am AKDT

The George Washington University School of Public Health and Human Services Symposium

Topic: “The Supreme Court’s Decision to Uphold the Affordable Care Act”

Participants:

• HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
• Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association
• Sheila Burke, senior public policy adviser at Baker Donelson Professionals