1.0Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairshttps://www.hsgac.senate.govTim O'Connor Fraserhttps://www.hsgac.senate.gov/author/tofraser/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3RgFhBdseQ"><a href="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/senate-homeland-security-committee-holds-hearing-to-examine-governments-reliance-on-private-securitycontractors-overseas/">SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO EXAMINE GOVERNMENT’S RELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECURITYCONTRACTORS OVERSEAS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/reps/senate-homeland-security-committee-holds-hearing-to-examine-governments-reliance-on-private-securitycontractors-overseas/embed/#?secret=3RgFhBdseQ" width="600" height="338" title="“SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE HOLDS HEARING TO EXAMINE GOVERNMENT’S RELIANCE ON PRIVATE SECURITYCONTRACTORS OVERSEAS” — Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs" data-secret="3RgFhBdseQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The Senate Homeland Security Committee, led by chairman Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) today held a hearing to examine whether the U.S. Government is over reliant on private security firms in overseas operations. The hearing included witnesses from the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and the private sector. […]https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/HSGAC_Logo_Social.jpg1200630