ms. napolitano here and welcome her as does all of us on the committee for the discussion that will followthis morning. thank you, mr. truman. >> thank you mr. conyers. our witnesses janet napolitano, secretary of the united states department of homeland security. sorted january 21, 2005, janet napolitano is the third secretary of dhs. prior to becoming secondary common is the public, was in her second term as governor of arizona. while serving as governor she became the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. ms. napolitano also was the first female attorney general of arizona and served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. ms. napolitano was born in new york city and grew up in pittsburgh pennsylvania and albuquerque mexico. she is a 1979 graduate of santa clara university where she won a truman scholarship and was a university's first valedictorian. she received a doctorate from the university of va school law in 1983. before entering public office, mr. pellicano served as a cler

ms. napolitano here and welcome her as does all of us on the committee for the discussion that will followis morning. thank you, mr. truman. >> thank you mr. conyers. our witnesses janet napolitano, secretary of the united states department of homeland security. sorted january 21, 2005, janet napolitano is the third secretary of dhs. prior to becoming secondary common is the public, was in her second term as governor of arizona. while serving as governor she became the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "time" magazine. ms. napolitano also was the first female attorney general of arizona and served as the u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. ms. napolitano was born in new york city and grew up in pittsburgh pennsylvania and albuquerque mexico. she is a 1979 graduate of santa clara university where she won a truman scholarship and was a university's first valedictorian. she received a doctorate from the university of va school law in 1983. before entering public office, mr. pellicano served as a clerk

ms. napolitano says she found out about operation fast and furious. months and why didn't these two speak. joining me is a former legal council for the house judiciary committee. and the head of the center for law and justice. she said i didn't talk to him because of appointed an inspector general. now we find out that she apparently told senator grassley that she found out about "operation fast & furious" two months before that i.g. was appointed, jay. so why didn't she calm eric holder in those 2 1/2 months and should she answer to that? >> she should answer to it. here is the problem they have. a lack of a time line that's consistent. this goes back to when the southern general said he wasn't notified about "operation fast & furious" until shortly before the hearing. yet the president of the united states was on tv6 weeks before that and he said he was aware of "operation fast & furious." how could it be the atf which is under the jurisdiction of the department of justice, the attorney general did not know the program even existed. the president di

ms. napolitano. this underscores the need for a comprehensive review of the federal government's role in protecting the border. violence in mexico is spreading in ways that show characteristics of terrorism. the discovery of 32 bodies in vera cruz, the dumping of bodies on the expressway, there were slides that demonstrate the visuals, and the placement of severed heads at the entrance of a primary school in an effort to extort money from teachers are examples of the disturbing actions of the mexican base drug cartels. i introduced legislation that would designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. the bill states foreign drug cartels use brutal tactics of violence and the threat of violence against the united states citizens in order to expand and protect their drug trades and areas of operation. law enforcement from both sides of the border underscore the violent extremes. according to the texas department of public safety, a review of information for multiple sources shows 224 decapitatio

ms. napolitano here and welcome her, as does all of us on the committee with the discussions that will follow this morning, and thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. our witness today is janet appalling tunnel, secretary of united states department of homeland security, sworn in on january 21, 2009. she is the third secretary of dhs pierre prior to becoming secretary, she was in her second term as governor of arizona. while serving, she became the first woman to chair the national governors' association and was named one of the top five governors in the country by "times" magazine. she also was the first female attorney general of arizona and served as u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. she was born in new york city and grew up in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, an albuquerque, new mexico. she is a 1979 graduate of santa clara university where she won a truman scholarship and was the university's first female valedictorian. she received the jurors doctor from the university of virginia. she served as a clerk for judge schroeder on the u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit and practic

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