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Senate Indian Affairs hearing on drugs and gangs
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Filed Under: Law | Politics

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds an oversight hearing this afternoon to discuss drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian Country.

The hearing takes place at 2pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:
Panel 1
MR. ARNOLD MOORIN
Director of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

Panel 2
THE HONORABLE IVAN POSEY
Chairman, Eastern Shoshone Tribe

MS. NANCY DOOLEY
Director, Department of Rehabilitation and Supervision Juvenile Division, Gila River Indian Community

MR. MATT HANEY
Chief of Police, Colville Tribes

DR. WHELSHULA MARTINA (VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE FROM GONZAGA UNIVERSITY)
Director, Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations, Spokane, Washington

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING to examine drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian country (November 19, 2009)

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