BRANY OF CONGRESS

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HOMELAND DEFENSE: OLD FORCE STRUCTURES
FOR NEW MISSIONS?

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY,
EMERGING THREATS AND INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT REFORM

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

APRIL 29, 2003

Serial No. 108-48

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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM

TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman

Hearing held on April 29, 2003

Statement of:

Decker, Raymond, Director, Defense Capabilities Managing Team, U.S.

General Accounting Office; General Dennis J. Reimer, director, Okla-

homa City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism;

Dr. James Jay Carafano, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budg-

etary Assessments; and Michael Wermuth, senior policy analyst, Rand

Corp.

McHale, Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense;
Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs;
and Lieutenant General Edward G. Anderson III, Deputy Commander,
U.S. Northern Command and Aerospace Defense Command
Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

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5

Anderson, Lieutenant General Edward G., III, Deputy Commander, U.S.
Northern Command and Aerospace Defense Command, prepared state-
ment of

33

Carafano, Dr. James Jay, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budg-
etary Assessments, prepared statement of

102

Decker, Raymond, Director, Defense Capabilities Managing Team, U.S.

General Accounting Office, prepared statement of

71

Hall, Thomas F., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs,

prepared statement of

24

McHale, Paul, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense,

prepared statement of

8

Reimer, General Dennis J., director, Oklahoma City National Memorial

Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, prepared statement of

Ruppersberger, Hon. C.A. Dutch, a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maryland, prepared statement of

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64

Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, prepared statement of

3

Wermuth, Michael, senior policy analyst, Rand Corp., prepared statement

of

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HOMELAND DEFENSE: OLD FORCE
STRUCTURES FOR NEW MISSIONS?

TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2003

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING
THREATS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM,

Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 1 p.m., in room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher Shays (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Shays, Turner, Murphy, Janklow and Ruppersberger.

Staff present: Lawrence Halloran, staff director and counsel; R. Nicholas Palarino, PhD, senior policy advisor; Robert A. Briggs, clerk; Mackenzie Eaglen, intern; David Rapallo, minority counsel; and Jean Gosa, minority assistant clerk.

Mr. SHAYS. A quorum being present, the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations hearing entitled, "Homeland Defense: Old Force Structures for New Missions," is called to order.

We fight abroad to be safe at home. Successful military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq demonstrate an unmatched capacity and a newfound willingness to confront emerging threats where they nest, before they can migrate to our shores. But the battle lines in the global war against terrorism reach far, from Kabul to Cleveland, from Baghdad to Bridgeport. The threat demands a new military posture on the home front as well.

Today we examine efforts to reform and restructure Department of Defense [DOD], capabilities to defend the U.S. homeland and support civil authorities in the event of terrorist attacks.

The cold war strategic pillar of containment, deterrence, reaction and mutually assured destruction crumbled on September 11, 2001. Since then, we have been building a new security paradigm, a strategy that is proactive, preemptive and, when necessary, preemptive. Significant strides have been made to reshape and refocus military capabilities to meet an uncertain world of lethal intentions and unconventional capabilities overseas. But at home less has been accomplished to clarify the structural, legal and fiscal implications of new military operations within the sovereign borders of the States.

New strategic realities prompted the creation of the Northern Command, or NORTHCOM, to unify all DOD homeland defense activities under one military authority; and the position of Assistant

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