Napolitano: Mexican Drug Cartel Violence A Threat To U.S. Homeland Security
By Kayleigh Harvey – Talk Radio News Service
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on “Southern Border Violence: Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities and Responsibilities,” Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano agreed with a question posed by Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph Liberman (D-Conn.) on threats to U.S. homeland security. Senator Liberman asked whether, as Secretary of Homeland and Security, she considered Mexican drug cartel violence a real threat to the homeland security of the United States.
March 25, 2009
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