Kean and Hamilton are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group

Jan. 19, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Former 9/11 Commission Chairman and Vice Chairman Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Security Preparedness Group, will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation tomorrow, January 20, 2010 at 2:30PM.

Congressman Hamilton and Governor Kean will address the terrorist attack on Christmas Day and the state of intelligence reform.

The BPC’s National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) is the successor to the 9/11 Commission and 9/11 Public Discourse Project. Its purpose is to monitor the implementation of the 9/11 Commission recommendations and report on new national security threats. Since July 2009, the NSPG has been conducting an ongoing review of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act and the effectiveness of the Director of National Intelligence, a recommendation of the 9/11 Commission.

The NSPG is composed of a distinguished bipartisan group of experts including former U.S. Secretary of Energy and U.S. Senator E. Spencer Abraham; Peter Bergen; Dr. Stephen Flynn; Dr. John Gannon; Dr. Bruce Hoffman; former Congressman Dave McCurdy; former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III; former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Governor of Pennsylvania Tom Ridge; Frances Townsend; former U.S. Attorney General Richard L. Thornburgh; former Congressman Jim Turner; and Lawrence Wright. For more information about the NSPG, please visit: www.bipartisanpolicy.org.

WHO: Former 9/11 Commissioners Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, Co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group

WHAT: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Hearing

WHEN: Tomorrow, January 20, 2010, Hearing begins at 2:30PM

WHERE: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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