Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks: Congressional HearingExamines the Federal Government's programs that are designed to assist State and local emergency officials in preparing for a terrorist attack involving nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. Witnesses: Charles Cagin, Acting Assist. Sec. of Defense (Reserve Affairs), DoD; John Eversole, Chicago Fire Dept., and Chair, Haz. Materials Comm., Internat. Assoc. of Fire Chiefs; Mark Gebicke, Dir., Nat. Security and Preparedness Issues, GAO; Catherine Light, Dir., Office of National Security Affairs, FEMA; Barbara Martinez, Deputy Dir., Nat. Domestic Preparedness Office, FBI; and Ann Simank, Oklahoma City Council Member, on behalf of the Nat. League of Cities. |
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Unfortunately, when you're faced with a weapon of mass destruction, not all first re- sponders are ready today. The Congress recognized this some years ago and has passed a number of laws and appropriated funds to bring Federal ...
Unfortunately, when you're faced with a weapon of mass destruction, not all first re- sponders are ready today. The Congress recognized this some years ago and has passed a number of laws and appropriated funds to bring Federal ...
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And this should not be true in just Washington D.C. or Los Angeles or New York, but anywhere in the United States where we may face a weapon of mass destruction. I look forward to hearing the testimony from all of our witnesses and ...
And this should not be true in just Washington D.C. or Los Angeles or New York, but anywhere in the United States where we may face a weapon of mass destruction. I look forward to hearing the testimony from all of our witnesses and ...
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So if they're that off base on whether we're going to be facing terrorist attacks using any of these weapons of mass destruction, I think we better be getting ready now rather than waiting years down the road.
So if they're that off base on whether we're going to be facing terrorist attacks using any of these weapons of mass destruction, I think we better be getting ready now rather than waiting years down the road.
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... to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. Since President Clinton signed presidential decision directive 62 in May of 1998, significant progress has been made in our efforts to better support State and local authorities.
... to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction. Since President Clinton signed presidential decision directive 62 in May of 1998, significant progress has been made in our efforts to better support State and local authorities.
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And as part of this program, we have worked with other Federal agencies to compile a compendium of Federal weapons of mass destruction preparedness courses, the training courses that you mentioned earlier today, so that these courses ...
And as part of this program, we have worked with other Federal agencies to compile a compendium of Federal weapons of mass destruction preparedness courses, the training courses that you mentioned earlier today, so that these courses ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks: Congressional Hearing |
| Editor | Tillie K. Fowler |
| Publisher | DIANE Publishing, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0756710782, 9780756710781 |
| Length | 127 pages |
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