texas and served in pastor in urban and gainesville prior to serving in my hometown. reverend pool earned a bachelor of arts degree from the southwestern university in georgetown. earned both a master of theology degree and doctor of ministry degree from perkin school of theology at southern met disuniversity. he's been a long time member of the executive board. over the past quarter century reverend pool has led mission trips to the appalachian region, mks, and been involved in hurricane recovery and rebuilding efforts throughout texas, louisiana, through hurricanes andrew, katrina, and rita. active in community service he was selected as an outstanding young man of america three times and also selected for inclusion in who's who in america. reverend pool is blessed by his wife, their three children, candice, corey, and amanda, and rockwell is in turn blessed by this minister and his family. reverend pool is known as a wonderful preacher, great teach, and close friend of mine and friend of many and may god continue to bless his life and ministry for many years to come. i would be remiss if i didn't also tell you or perhaps warn you he and pete sessions were ro

came from texas republican mike mccall, chairman of the homeland security subcommittee on oversight and the hearing includes testimony from steve call of the new america foundation and two georgetown university professors who study national security and counterterrorism. the hearing focuses on terrorist groups in pakistan, yemen, and somalia. it's two hours. >> i'd like to welcome our witnesses to this hearing entitled denying safe havens, homeland security's effort to counter threats from pakistan, yemen, and somalia. although, bin laden is dead, al-qaeda and its affiliates are not. they are hiding in safe havens, areas that are exploited by terrorists to recruit, train, raise funds, and plan operations. the department of state has identified 13 countries agenting as safe havens today. today, we examine three that we believe pose the most serious threat to the united states, and that is pakistan, yemen, and somalia, and what is the u.s. government doing to deny these places as a refuge for terrorists? bin laden was the most wanted terrorist, yet he lived comfortably in a town that serves as a head jr. quarters for frontier course and regimens, 41 miles from islam bad contrary to

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