To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. UPDATES & RESPONSES DEA Cites Homeland Security Today in Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Testifying at a March 17 combined hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs and the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, Anthony Placido, intelligence chief for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), cited Homeland Security Today's coverage of the crisis in Mexico to convey to lawmakers the gravity of the situation there. The violence, said Placido, "has caused some, including Homeland Security [Today] magazine, to speculate about the likelihood of Mexico failing in its efforts. And, for our purposes, and by extension, created a discussion about whether the violence would spill over our southwest border at increased levels and with adverse consequences to US interests." MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP PHOTO HSToday PHONE: ™ P.O. Box 9789, McLean, Va. 22101-3611 800-503-6506 FAX: 866-503-5758 WWW.HSToday.US The article cited by Placido, "Could Mexico Fail?" was the second part of a three-part investigative series on the brutal violence in Mexico by veteran counterterror analyst Brian Michael Jenkins. The other articles examined the situation on the border and the politics of the Mexican government's war with the narco-cartels. The Senate hearing examined the overall situation on the border along with US efforts to contain it, with testimony from the Arizona attorney general and officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Customs and Border Protection in addition to DEA. The entire hearing can be viewed by going to the link at www.HSToday.us. PUBLISHER Kimberley S. Hanson-Brown PHONE: 800-503-6506 khanson@HSToday.us EDITOR David Silverberg PHONE: 703-757-0520 editor@HSToday.US SENIOR REPORTER Anthony Kimery akimery@HSToday.us BUSINESS EDITOR Philip Leggiere Business@HSToday.us WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENTS Mickey McCarter Kelley Vlahos REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS NORTH AMERICA Chuck Hustmyre—New Orleans Jeff O’Neill—Boston Jana Schroeder—Mexico City Michael Peltier—Tallahassee WR Stephens—Toronto Liza Porteus Viana—New York EUROPE Matt Baglio—Rome Raffaello Pantucci—London COLUMNISTS Philip Finnegan Michael Paddock GEORGE ARMSTRONG/FEMA Fugate, Kayyem nominated for top DHS posts Craig Fugate, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management was nominated as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on March 4. (Fugate shared some of his lessons learned from past hurricane seasons with Homeland Security Today Tallahassee Correspondent Michael Peltier in the June 2006 article “Securing the Sunshine State.” He will be the subject of a feature in the upcoming June issue covering the 2009 hurricane season.) Fugate assumed the state directorship in 2001 after serving 10 years as the emergency manager for Florida’s Alachua County. He began his career as a volunteer firefighter and then Craig Fugate rose to paramedic and lieutenant in the county’s fire department. As state director for eight years under two governors, Fugate oversaw 23 declared state emergencies, 11 of which were presidential declared disasters. Juliette Kayyem, Massachusetts’ first under secretary for homeland security, was appointed assistant secretary for intergovernmental programs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 5. (Kayyem was profiled in the article, “Kayyem conducts a responder revolution” in the January “Responders Today” column.) As head of the Office of Intergovernmental Programs (IGP), Kayyem is assigned to develop a process to revitalize the department’s working relationship with state, local, tribal and territorial governments. IGP’s mission is to promote an integrated national approach to homeland security by coordinating federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government activities. It will lead coordination efforts throughout DHS, eliminating duplication and contradictions to ensure that governments at Juliette Kayyem all levels are aware of relevant department activities. 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