On March 12, 2009, the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing to examine what more the U.S. can do on our side of the border to help stop the increasing border violence in Mexico. The hearing featured top independent experts with extensive experience in Mexico and with border issues.

WITNESS LIST:

• Andrew Selee, Director, Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute, which published the January 2009 report “The United States and Mexico: Towards a Strategic Partnership;”
• Michael A. Braun, Managing Partner, Spectre Group International LLC, and former Drug Enforcement Administration Assistant Administrator / Chief of Operations; and
• Tom Diaz, Senior Policy Analyst, Violence Policy Center, and author of “Making a Killing: the Business of Guns in America.”

To view a webcast of the hearing, click here

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