It is a private island with 400 homes and no commercial development, accessible only to residents and their guests over a drawbridge with a security guard house.
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Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the White House isn't sharing information.
The country faces many more homeland security challenges, and the White House Homeland Security Partnership Council will provide the Federal Government with an additional resource to make sure that we maximize its ability to collaborate and make a difference.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that the FBI wants to talk to two men about the bombings.
White House homeland security adviser John Brennan last month said the White House was exploring whether to issue an executive order to protect the nation's critical computer infrastructure, but gave no details on the timing or possible content of such an order.
Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking minority member on the House Homeland Security Committee, complained in a statement that the White House review doesn't recommend giving the director of FEMA greater access to the president during a disaster.
She also said she had nothing to do with Livingstone's hiring in the White House security office.
By informal workers, I will mean people like Mechanics, Drivers, Office Helpers, Plumbers, Messengers, Office Helpers, Cooks, Security Guards, House helpers etc.
As Obama huddled with his national security team, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, said he's not ready yet to support sending additional troops to Afghanistan.
That question--just what kind of monitoring the initiative will involve--is one that Congress will ask the Department of Homeland Security and White House officials in Thursday's hearing.
In one of the more egregious examples of the partisanship that has dogged all efforts at Social Security reform, House Speaker Tip O'Neill ordered Pickle to go no further.
"Now TSA can go through the established process, seek input from stakeholders and consult with the (Transportation Security Officer) workforce -- so we can have a sensible security policy with stakeholder buy-in, " the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee said in a statement.
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The TSA's moves toward a risk-based approach to security have the support of Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King, R-New York, submitted 50 questions to Sullivan, while House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the panel's ranking Democrat, have 10 questions they wanted answered, including a precise time line of exactly what happened in Cartagena.
The departments of State and Homeland Security, the FBI, CIA, National Security Agency, National Counterterrorism Center and the office of the director of national intelligence, as well as the White House national security staff, have been ordered to report back within 30 days.
"They're prepared for this, " Keating, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, told MSNBC.
White House National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden declined to comment on Iranian accusations of U.S. involvement.
Page 32 (6:52 p.m.): White House national security staff send around their own edits, namely to the second bullet.
But the White House Social Security policy team was impenetrable on this point.
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White House Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend, who conducted the review, says President Bush is more interested in the future.
At the heart of the matter is DirecTV's desire to bring the management and encryption of its security cards in-house.
In Washington, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee was briefed Monday on the situation, a congressional source said.
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U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said "most likely gun powder" was used in the devices.
Another congressman, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, wrote a letter to ICE Director John Morton demanding accountability.
Americans will feel "a certain shock" after reading Thursday's report , White House National Security Adviser James Jones told USA Today.
"The coalition inherited a defence budget that was over-committed, " says Dr Paul Cornish, head of the international security programme at Chatham House.
This would provide economies of scale and the security of in-house supply.
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These serious flaws notwithstanding, the Senate bill is a model of probity and prudent investment in national security compared to its House counterpart.
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"We really don't know if it's a foreign or domestic threat, " said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.
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