Attorney General Eric Holder launched a public awareness campaign at a Federal Interagency Drug Endangered Children (DEC) Task Force event to bring attention to the challenges faced by children and families affected by drug abuse and highlight the work being done across the country to address these issues.
Following opening remarks by Deputy Attorney General James Cole, Administrator Michele M. L
Attorney General Eric Holder has made one of the department’s four key priorities the protection of those most vulnerable – children, the elderly, and victims of hate crimes, human trafficking and exploitation. On Thursday, May 19, 2011, Attorney General Holder honored 52 prosecutors, law enforcement partners and victim advocates in 13 communities for their leadership protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation at the 2011 National Strategy Conference on Combating Child Exploitation in San Jose, Calif.
At the conference, Attorney General Holder stated, “Through their work in urban, rural and tribal communities – and through cutting-edge online efforts – these individuals are advancing bold, innovative and collaborative solutions to keep our children safe from all forms of exploitation and abuse. By focusi
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., addresses the White House Launch of the International Strategy for Cyberspace in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, May 16, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
Yesterday Attorney General Eric Holder joined Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Lynn and Howard A. Schmidt, the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, to announce the United States’ first comprehensive International Strategy for Cyberspace.
As Mr. Sch
Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli talks with Banneker High School students.
Students of Washington, DC’s Benjamin Banneker High School got a visit from the Departments of Justice and Education last month to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The afternoon was filled with an interactive discussion focused on healthy relationships, sexual assault prevention, early intervention and resources available to assault victims.
Principal Anita M. Berger joined Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli; Susan B. Carbon, Director for the Office on Violence Against Women; Vincent Cohen Jr., Principal Assistant U.S. A
Under Osama bin Laden’s leadership, al Qa’ida has been one of the most lethal terrorist organization in the world, responsible for more than 10,000 deaths and injuries in a dozen years — finds a new analysis by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland (START).
“Al-Qa’ida, the terrorist organization Osama bin Laden founded, was responsible for fomenting more mass casualty attacks than any other group in recent history,” says START Director Gary LaFree, a University of Maryland professor responsible for assembling the world’s most comprehensive unclassified terrorism database.
Key Findings From START Research