by Lisa Monaco | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
Each year, our nation faces diverse threats and hazards reinforcing the need to strengthen national preparedness and resilience. On August 31st, 2015, President Obama issued a proclamation declaring September as National Preparedness Month with the theme: “Don’t Wait....
by Lisa Monaco | Aug 28, 2015 | Monitor
On June 24, 2015, President Obama approved Presidential Policy Directive 30, U.S. Nationals Taken Hostage Abroad and Personnel Recovery Efforts, and signed an Executive Order on the recovery of U.S. hostages taken abroad. These steps directed key organizational...
by Lisa Monaco | Apr 1, 2015 | Monitor
As the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, I advise President Obama on the range of security challenges facing the United States every day, from terror threats at home and abroad and pandemic disease, to natural disasters and...
by Lisa Monaco | Jul 16, 2014 | Monitor
Today, Congress took an important step forward in making sure that we’re developing the capabilities necessary to make America safer. As the President’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor, I welcome the Senate Appropriations Defense...
by Lisa Monaco | Feb 13, 2014 | Monitor
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, left, talks with Lisa Monaco at a meeting about the Global Health Security Agenda in Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2014. (by Department of Health and Human Services) Today, I joined Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and representatives of more than...