United States

COMBATING TERRORISM: ASSESSING THREATS,
RISK MANAGEMENT AND ESTABLISHING PRIOR-

ITIES

LIBRARY

CONGRESS

NOV 13.2001

HEARING

BEFORE THE

TRANSFER

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY,
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT REFORM

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

JULY 26, 2000

Serial No. 106-253

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform

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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM

DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman

KEVIN BINGER, Staff Director

DANIEL R. MOLL, Deputy Staff Director
JAMES C. WILSON, Chief Counsel

ROBERT A. BRIGGS, Clerk

PHIL SCHILIRO, Minority Staff Director

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND INTERNATIONAL

Bremer, Ambassador Paul, chairman, National Commission on Terrorism;

Michael Wermuth, Rand Corp., senior policy analyst; John Parachini,

Monterey Institute of International Studies, executive director; and

W. Seth Carus, National Defense University, senior research professor .

Rabkin, Norman, General Accounting Office, Director, National Security

and International Affairs Division, accompanied by Stephen Caldwell,

Assistant Director; and Raphael Perl, Congressional Research Service,

Specialist in International Affairs

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

Blagojevich, Hon. Rod R., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Illinois, letter dated July 26, 2000

Carus, W. Seth, National Defense University, senior research professor,

prepared statement of

Parachini, John, Monterey Institute of International Studies, executive

director, prepared statement of

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Perl, Raphael, Congressional Research Service, Specialist in International

Affairs, prepared statement of

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Rabkin, Norman, General Accounting Office, Director, National Security

and International Affairs Division, prepared statement of

7

Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State

of Connecticut, prepared statement of

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

of

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