Jane Harman
Jane Harman
Jane Margaret Lakes Harmanis the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011; she is a member of the Democratic Party. Resigning from Congress in February 2011, Harman became President and CEO of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She succeeded former Congressman Lee Hamilton and is the first woman to lead the 45-year-old “living memorial” to America’s 28th President...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth28 June 1945
CountryUnited States of America
I set a high standard for myself. I seldom meet it, but life is a journey and I'm in the middle of a fascinating one.
Right now, under present law, battlefield commanders control tactical satellites,
Counterterrorism Analysis and Collection: The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity.
couldn't get the secretary of defense to stop his opposition, which has been ongoing for months and which emboldened some of these House folks to dig in.
The title is director, not ambassador. The skill sets are very different. The goal is not to grow a bureaucracy.
We know that there was a massive security failure, and despite repeated warnings by U.S. intelligence, the Saudis did not take adequate measures, ... This was wrong, and it was preventable.
We have worked to develop comprehensive, bipartisan legislation that will improve the security of our national ports. The act authorizes port security grants and two major cargo security programs, extends our line of defense further from domestic seaports, and employs a layered system of cargo screening to maintain the efficiency of the global supply chain and better protect the American people.
What we found was some successes, lots of good people, but real gaps in performance,
I believe there are better options, and will continue to work with the DNI and the relevant congressional committees on a plan to save valuable technology and the work force that builds it,
But as I often say, terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.
My job as ranking member is about being a partner in making the committee effective.
Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer.
Twelve sick, sadistic kids could not have acted alone,
We have to change the guidelines that we use to recruit those spies, ... In fact the CIA is required by law to change those guidelines and hasn't.