Homeland Security Strategy Forum

  • Wednesday, Mar 22, 2006

  • Frances Fragos Townsend, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, spoke at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery on March 22 as part of CSIS’s first Homeland Security Strategy Forum. She told the audience of current and former government officials, academics, and industry leaders that “our continuing transformation of national and homeland security is not a choice but an absolute imperative.”

     David Heyman, director of CSIS's Homeland Security Program; Frances Fragos Townsend; and CSIS President John Hamre talk before her speech.  Frances Fragos Townsend greets guests.
     The audience filled the Renwick Gallery's Grand Salon.  David Heyman, director of CSIS's Homeland Security Program, introduced the evening's keynote speaker.
     Frances Fragos Townsend spoke about transforming the nation's homeland security system.  Her speech was the inaugural event of CSIS's Homeland Security Strategy Forum.
     David Heyman, director of CSIS's Homeland Security Program, moderated a question-and-answer session.  The audience included government officials, academics, and business leaders.
     Frances Fragos Townsend has served as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism since May 2004.

     

          

    Programs
    Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, Homeland Security Strategy Forum
    Topics
    Homeland Security