Senate Holds Hearing On Structuring National Security At The White House(Joe Lieberman)

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and ranking member Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) talk during a hearing on Capitol Hill February 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses offering differing points of view on whether the president's Homeland Security Council and National Security Council should be folded into one bureaucratic body. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Joe Lieberman;Susan Collins

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