Asa Hutchinson Quotes

• Well firstly, that points certainly at the need for international standards on biometrics that would move in the same direction so that we can have the same technical requirements.

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• We measure very carefully what the positives are and I think it is less than one tenth of one percent, so we are very pleased with the accuracy of our biometric checks and we continue to monitor that.

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• We would certainly welcome the recipient nation to put their inspectors on our shores, if they wanted to make that investment to help protect that shipment that is outgoing.

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• In reference to Cat Stevens, it is very, very important we have accurate information on our terrorist watch list and our no fly list and that you have a remedy.

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• Well, your premise is correct, that we have to first guard against those who have an affiliation with terrorists and a connection, and so we have watch lists and systems that can make that connection.

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• But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security.

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• Terrorists can utilize any vulnerability in the system and that would include outbound shipments.

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• We recognize that it is not only inbound but also outbound (cargo) that can pose a risk as well.

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• You can expect interior enforcement actions in the future.

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• The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism.

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Asa Hutchinson (10)

Birth:	3rd December, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

About

Asa Hutchinson is a former U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration  and the first Undersecretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Hutchinson was the Republican candidate for governor of Arkansas and lost to Democrat Mike Beebe, the outgoing state attorney general. It was during this time that he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as U.S. Attorney for the United States Western District of Arkansas.

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