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Director Series

"An Update on the World of Homeland Security," Frances Fragos Townsend

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"An Update on the World of Homeland Security," Belfer Center Directors' Seminar, Frances Fragos Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States of America

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

About

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs is proud to host a Directors’ Seminar with Frances Fragos Townsend, Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States of America.

In this position, Ms. Townsend chairs the Homeland Security Council and reports to the President on United States Homeland Security policy and Combating Terrorism matters. She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism.

Ms. Townsend came to the White House from the U. S. Coast Guard, where she had served as Assistant Commandant for Intelligence. Prior to that, Ms. Townsend spent 13 years at the U. S. Department of Justice in a variety of senior positions, her last assignment as Counsel to the Attorney General for Intelligence Policy. Ms. Townsend began her prosecutorial career in 1985, serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York.