Sept. 7, 2010

Washington, D.C. – On the day before the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) will host a press conference with former 9/11 Commission Chair and Vice Chair Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton, now co-chairs of the BPC’s National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG). Governor Kean and Congressman Hamilton, together with members of the NSPG, will release a new report on the current state of the terrorist threat against the United States. The press conference will be held at the National Press Club on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:00AM.

Following remarks by Governor Kean and Congressman Hamilton, NSPG members Dr. Bruce Hoffman, professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and Stephen Flynn, President of The Center for National Policy, will discuss the new report titled, Assessing the Terrorist Threat. The report details how the terrorist threat has evolved since the attacks in 2001, including the development of homegrown networks and the increasingly diverse and decentralized nature of terrorism. For the last year, Governor Kean, Congressman Hamilton and members of the NSPG have been meeting with top intelligence and law enforcement officials to assess how the threat has changed in recent years.

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 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 former Secretary of Agriculture and BPC Senior Fellow Dan Glickman. Michael Allen, formerly of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, is the Executive Director.

Governor Kean and Congressman Hamilton, as well as other members of the NSPG, will take questions at the press conference and will be available for interviews following the event. For more information about the BPC’s NSPG, please visit www.bipartisanpolicy.org.

WHO: Former 9/11 Commission Chair and Vice Chair Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton with other members of the BPC’s National Security Preparedness Group
WHAT: Press Conference
WHERE: The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC
WHEN: Friday, September 10, 2010 at 10:00AM

The event is open to media, but space is limited. Members of the press wishing to attend, please RSVP to press@bipartisanpolicy.org. Press set-up begins at 9:00AM.

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National Security Preparedness Group