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“As a husband and father of five children, including four daughters, I find Rep. Akin’s remarks reprehensible and insulting. I denounce such offensive views in the strongest possible terms.”

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Follows Fact-Finding Trip to Latin America Where Iran, Hezbollah Have Increased Presence and Influence

Issues Report on Flawed Acquisition Practices Costing Taxpayers Billions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security, which accounts for more than $150 billion in total major acquisition programs, continues the same flawed acquisition processes that over the last decade wasted billions of taxpayerdollars and jeopardized the Department’s ability to carry out its mission of protecting the homeland.

H.R. 5913: The DHS Accountability Act of 2012

AUDIO/VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_OoI00RfHk

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The director of the National Counterterrorism Center called the 2009 Fort Hood terrorist attack a "hard lesson learned" and stated the need to "do better". He specifically referenced the failure of the FBI to warn the Department of Defense of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan's email correspondence with al Qaedacleric Anwar al Awlaki, in which Hasan expressed justification for suicide bombings.