"He's outraged by this, " CNN National Security Contributor Fran Townsend said of Sullivan after talking to him.

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CNN's Fran Townsend, Tim Lister, Paul Cruickshank, Barbara Starr, Elise Labott and Gul Tuysuz contributed to this report.

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Yet the National Guard troops would still be armed and authorized to use force to protect themselves, said Bush homeland security adviser Fran Townsend.

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King's exclusive then began to be shot down by three different CNN reporters giving their own on-air reports: Fran Townsend, Joe Johns and Tom Fuentes.

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Pace was introduced by the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General James Jones, following a powerful address by the Homeland Security Advisor to the President, Fran Townsend.

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He says the person who comes closest to fitting the job description is Fran Townsend, whose official title is is assistant to the president and homeland security adviser.

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Fran Townsend, who's the White House Homeland Security adviser, the top adviser to the president on terrorism, is interviewed in the film, and she takes a very hard line.

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Fran Townsend, a former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush and a current CNN contributor on national security issues, says the use of dogs in airports should be expanded.

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