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December 2017
Past Event
The Future of Combating Terrorism and Countering the Use of WMD: A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke

The Future of Combating Terrorism and Countering the Use of WMD: A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
December 13, 2017
U.S. Navy conducts WMD drill in Hawaii, May 22, 2003 (United States Navy)
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U.S. Navy conducts WMD drill in Hawaii, May 22, 2003 (United States Navy)
13
December 2017
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
Deputy Secretary Elaine Duke

Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Jim McDonnell

Acting Assistant Secretary for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

On the afternoon of December 13, Hudson Institute hosted Elaine Duke, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Deputy Secretary Duke delivered remarks about the Department’s current and future contributions to combating terrorism, including the prevention of the use of weapons of mass destruction and the creation of the Department’s new Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office. Following her remarks, she participated in a moderated discussion with her colleague Jim McDonnell, who will lead the new CWMD Office, and John Walters, Chief Operation Officer of Hudson institute.

__Hudson Institute would like to thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for supporting these nuclear nonproliferation and security dialogues. Please follow our work at__ https://againstnuclearterror.wordpress.com

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