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Testimony presented before the Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery and Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability on January 20, 2022.
Testimony presented before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce on October 14, 2021.
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 4, 2021.
Document submitted August 21, 2020, as an addendum to testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2020.
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 24, 2020.
Remarks presented to the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee at a virtual roundtable on May 5, 2020.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on September 19, 2019.
Document submitted on August 19, 2019, as an addendum to testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism and Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations on July 25, 2019.
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism and Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, on July 25, 2019.
Document submitted on June 19, 2019, as an addendum to testimony before the House Transportation and InfrastructureCommittee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on May 8, 2019.
Testimony presented before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation on May 8, 2019.
Testimony presented before the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance on September 7, 2018.
Testimony presented before the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, on March 15, 2018.
Document submitted December 5, 2017, as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Research and Technology on November 2, 2017.
Testimony presented before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Research and Technology on November 2, 2017.
Document submitted August 11, 2017, as an addendum to testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States on July 13, 2017.
Document submitted on July7, 2017, as an addendum to testimony before the House Committee on Armed Services on February 14, 2017.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry into the United States on July 13, 2017.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on July 13, 2017.
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity on April 27, 2017.
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Armed Services on February 14, 2017.
Document submitted on January 11, 2017 as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on September 21, 2016.
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on September 21, 2016.
Document submitted on February 23, 2016 as an addendum to testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on September 29, 2015.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies on February 25, 2016.
Testimony presented before the Canadian Senate Special Committee on Anti-terrorism.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Testimony presented before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Testimony presented before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Testimony submitted for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Testimony presented before the House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Testimony presented before the Commission du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale, Paris, France.
Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee.
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism.
Testimony presented before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Testimony presented before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
Written testimony submitted to the House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Testimony presented before the House Government Reform Committee.
Testimony presented before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness.
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Testimony presented to the California Little Hoover Commission.
Testimony presented to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Non-Traditional Missions Panel.
Testimony unavailable - closed hearing
Testimony presented to the House Armed Services Committee, Asymmetric and Unconventional Threats Gap Panel.
Testimony unavailable - informal remarks
Testimony presented to the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation.
Testimony presented to the California State Assembly Budget Committee, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
Testimony presented to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Testimony presented to the House Committee of Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.
Testimony presented to the California State Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs.
Testimony presented to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
Testimony presented to the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations.
Testimony presented to the Council of the District of Columbia Committee on the Judiciary.
Testimony presented before the Senate Government Affairs Committee.
Testimony presented to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
Testimony presented before the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
Testimony submitted for the Record to the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence, Joint September 11, 2001 Inquiry.
Testimony presented before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions field hearing.
Testimony presented before House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. House of Representatives.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives.
The 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey sought information on the health and health behaviors of service members. This brief summarizes results for broad topics of the survey, such as substance use and mental health, among active component members.
The Military Health System will need to implement a portfolio of mitigation strategies to ensure an agile, resilient, and global network of capabilities and a robust industrial supply base to effectively treat combat casualties in future conflicts.
Some Department of the Air Force installations face high levels of exposure to flooding, wildfires, or high winds. Twenty installations have areas with high or very high wildfire potential.
The United States used airpower in Syria and Iraq to halt ISIS's momentum and help defeat the organization, without committing a large number of ground forces.
Violent extremism is an evolving, ongoing threat in the United States. This project describes personal accounts of white supremacists, Islamic extremists, and their family members about joining extremist groups and, in some cases, deradicalizing.
In this brief, the authors present methods for creating critical care surge capacity in hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and estimate patient capacity, given the number of doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, ventilators, and beds.
Researchers are helping the U.S. Department of Homeland Security understand how social media might be better leveraged for situational awareness—particularly location information—in U.S. Coast Guard response operations.
RAND researchers examined past U.S. countering violent extremism and terrorism prevention efforts and explored options to strengthen them. They found that current capabilities are relatively limited and future efforts must build trust to succeed.
