Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Keating, and Members of the Subcommittee: thank you for this opportunity to address the Subcommittee on the US-Saudi Counterterrorism Relationship. Throughout the history of our engagement with the Kingdom, our relationship with Saudi Arabia has been strategically crucial, yet a challenging one and at times a very demanding one. More.
Written Testimony of Tim Roemer To the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Trade Under the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rockland 9/11 responders' names added to police memorial
he names of two men who died years after responding to the Sept. 11 terror attacks will be added to the Rockland County Police Memorial during a remembrance ceremony Sunday. Deputy U.S. Marshal Zacarias Toro of Nanuet, and NYPD Lt. Luis Lopez of Suffern, both responded to the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. More.
Once Filled With Symbols of Hope and Despair, a 9/11 Repository Is Set to Close
Hangar 17 at Kennedy International Airport is large enough to house a Boeing 747. For 14 years, however, it has held something much larger: the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. From the enormous trident-shaped columns that supported the World Trade Center towers to delicate crystal pendant earrings from a Casual Corner store in the shopping concourse. More.
First on CNN: Review of 28 classified pages in 9/11 report in final stages
The review process surrounding the decision to release 28 classified pages from a joint congressional report that focus on alleged Saudi Arabian involvement in the September 11 attacks is in its final stages, former Sen. Bob Graham told CNN on Wednesday. Graham, the co-chairman of the 2002 congressional inquiry that has led the push to have the documents released to the public. More.
Senate passes bill allowing Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to file lawsuits seeking damages from Saudi Arabia, setting up a potential showdown with the White House, which has threatened a veto. The Saudis, who deny responsibility for the 2001 attacks, strongly object to the bill and have threatened to sell up to $750 billion in U.S. securities and other American assets in retaliation if it becomes law. More.
Hundreds race up One World Trade Center stairs to raise money for Tunnels to Towers 9/11 charity
Hundreds of athletes raced to the top of One World Trade Center on Sunday to remember and to raise money for charity. Nearly 1,000 people participated in the second annual Tunnels to Towers Climb, scaling 2,226 stairs to the top of the New York skyscraper where the World Trade Center once stood. More.
Lawmakers rush to read 9/11 pages
Lawmakers are scrambling to review the 28 secret pages of the congressional 9/11 report that the Obama administration might soon release to the public. There have been 72 requests by members of Congress to read the pages since the new session of Congress began in 2015, according to the House Intelligence Committee, which approves the requests. That’s nearly triple the approximately 25 requests in 2013 and 2014. More.
9/11 survivor recounts escape from World Trade Center
Though the infamous 9/11 attacks are nearly 15 years behind us, every American adult remembers where they were that day. Chapel Hill resident Joe Dittmar will certainly never forget. He was in a meeting on the 105th floor of Two World Trade Center. Of the 54 insurance executives at that meeting, Dittmar is one of seven who made it out alive. More.