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Mar252009
Napolitano: Mexican Drug Cartel Violence A Threat To U.S. Homeland Security
By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on "Southern Border Violence: Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities," Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano agreed with a question posed by Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph Liberman (D-Conn.) on threats to U.S. homeland security. Senator Liberman asked whether, as Secretary of Homeland and Security, she considered Mexican drug cartel violence a real threat to the homeland security of the United States.
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At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on "Southern Border Violence: Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities," Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano agreed with a question posed by Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph Liberman (D-Conn.) on threats to U.S. homeland security. Senator Liberman asked whether, as Secretary of Homeland and Security, she considered Mexican drug cartel violence a real threat to the homeland security of the United States.
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Lieberman: "Target Iran's Economic Achilles Heel"
At a press conference regarding the bi-partisan Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said that the purpose of the legislation, which expands on the Iran Sanction of 1996, is, “to empower President Obama...by providing him with the explicit authority to target Iran’s achilles economic heel, which is its dependence on imports of petroleum...most notably gasoline.”
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