LIBRANY OF CONGRESS 1214 2004 HOMELAND DEFENSE: OLD FORCE STRUCTURES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, RELATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 29, 2003 Serial No. 108-48 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house 89-353 PDF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM DAN BURTON, Indiana TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut RON LEWIS, Kentucky JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan WILLIAM J. JANKLOW, South Dakota HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts DIANE E. WATSON, California STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California C.A. "DUTCH” RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia JIM COOPER, Tennessee CHRIS BELL, Texas BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) Hearing held on April 29, 2003 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 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: Anderson, Lieutenant General Edward G., III, Deputy Commander, U.S. Northern Command and Aerospace Defense Command, prepared state- Carafano, Dr. James Jay, senior fellow, Center for Strategic and Budg- 3333 102 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 (III) HOMELAND DEFENSE: OLD FORCE TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2003 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING 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 (1) |