Leahy brings Senate panel to Vermont to focus on crime solutions
Friday, March 12, 2010 at 02:14PM Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will chair a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, March 22, in Barre, Vermont. The hearing will examine the effective efforts of Barre and surrounding communities in fighting drug-related crime. Leahy has invited the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, R. Gil Kerlikowske – the nation’s “drug czar” – to testify at the hearing. Kerlikowske is the former police chief in Seattle, and has almost 40 years of law enforcement experience. Judiciary Committee Member Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a former prosecutor, will also attend. Leahy chairs the Senate panel, and noticed the hearing on “Effective Community Efforts to Counter Drug-Related Crime in Rural America” on Friday.
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