10:00 a.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building

Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and the Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere JOINT HEARING

“U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: Next Steps for the Merida Initiative”

WITNESSES

PANEL I

Ms. Roberta S. Jacobson
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Ms. Mariko Silver
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy/
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Alonzo R. Peña
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Allen Gina
Acting Assistant Commissioner
Office of Intelligence and Operations Coordination
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

PANEL II

Ms. Shannon K. O'Neil
Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies
Council on Foreign Relations

Mr. Bill McDonald
Rancher
Douglas, Arizona

The Honorable John D. Negroponte
Vice Chairman
McLarty Associates

The purpose, according to Fox News:The Obama administration is backing a new plan, one that does not rely as heavily on law enforcement toys like helicopters, and more on building up the infratructure in the cities and towns most affected by the violence, and teaching their Mexican allies how to move from reliance on helicopters to the rule of law, through training.

The hearings Thursday in two congressional sub