Senate Holds Hearing On Structuring National Security At The White House(Christine Wormuth)
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge (L) testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee along with (L-R) Frances Townsend, former homeland security advisor to President George W. Bush; Christine Wormuth, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security Program; and James Locher III, executive director of the Project on National Security Reform; on Capitol Hill February 12, 2009 in Washington, DC. The witnesses offered 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 *** Tom Ridge;Frances Townsend;Christine Wormuth;James Locher III
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