Rand Beers
Rand Beers
Rand Beersis the current Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States. He previously served as acting Secretary of Homeland Security following the resignation of Secretary Janet Napolitano on September 6, 2013 until Jeh Johnson assumed that office on December 23, 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.
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Transnational criminals are constantly seeking ways to circumvent law and order. And, we must adapt our strategies to prevent them from doing so.
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I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago.
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Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.
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The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That's how Abu Ghraib should be handled.
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The precondition to freedom is security.
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The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.
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The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia.
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You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.
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We're seeing the development of tactics in Iraq, such as suicide bombing. Insurgents have been driving cars with explosives into hotels and office buildings. The recruitment may be even more prolific outside Iraq.