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Command Consulting Group's R. David Paulison, former head of FEMA, was featured today on MSNBC where he analyzed FEMA's current approach to addressing natural disasters, lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, and the role of politics when obtaining relief funding.

 

 

To watch this video and view the transcript, go to Obama officials to assess recovery efforts on MSNBC TV.

Ronald Colburn of Command Consulting Group was featured in Fox News' Tragedy on the Border, which presented a panel of experts analyzing why the ATF "Operation Fast & Furious" gun running program failed and the causes behind the tragic death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on December 14, 2010.  Mr. Colburn discusses the factors that make rip crews so dangerous and why Arizona is such a high drug trafficking hot spot despite being within U.S. borders.

 

 

Source: Fox News

Steve Atkiss, one of the co-founders of Command Consulting Group, was quoted in the New York Times article, "Far From Capital, Obama Still Finds Its Woes" on August 17. Mr. Atkiss comments on The Beast, President Obama's black armored bus:

As for the jet-black color, Steve Atkiss, who was a special assistant to President George W. Bush and oversaw the retrofitting of his campaign bus in 2004 said, “The Secret Service obviously has a culture of the ‘black car,’ so they were trying to get as close to that as possible.\"

To read the full article, please go to Far From Capital, Obama Still Finds Its Woes in the New York Times.

On August 17, W. Ralph Basham and Al Martinez-Fonts participated in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's The State of Homeland Security Since 9/11 panel.  In this two part discussion, former and current representatives from the Department of Homeland Security and the private sector spoke about the future of homeland security since September 11, 2001.

In Part 1, Mr. Basham speaks at 10:53 and Mr. Martinez-Fonts speaks at 16:37.  In Part 2, Mr. Martinez-Fonts speaks at 1:00 and Mr. Basham speaks at 7:18.