Nuclear threats mean "big trouble" for U.S. says think tank rep

At a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on nuclear detection architecture, Robert Nesbit, senior vice president and general manager of the MITRE Corporation's Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems, says that preventing terrorists' initial acquisition of nuclear weapons is vital because the U.S. is "in big trouble" after that point. (0:43)
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Nuclear attacks need cooperative responses says Arlington Fire Chief

James H. Schwartz, Chief of the Arlington Country Fire Department, says that the federal government needs to reach out more to state and local governments regarding emergency responses to nuclear terrorism at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (0:41)
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Nuclear attacks would be "devasting and deadly," says Lieberman (I-Conn.)

At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on nuclear terrorism, Chairman of the Committee, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), describes the seriousness of the threat of nuclear attacks. He says that attacks would be "devastating and deadly." He adds that an improper response to an attack "would only magnify its impact." (0:33)
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