How Safe Are We? Homeland Security Since 9/11

  • March 26, 2019
  • 7 to 8:30 P.M.
  • Auditorium
Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano sits beside Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs, during a public program in the Museum Auditorium. The photo is taken from behind the audience, which is silhouetted by the stage lights.
Photo by Monika Graff

The Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of 9/11 with a sweeping mandate to keep America safe. Made up of 22 federal agencies, the department now oversees issues ranging from terrorism to natural disasters to immigration. Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano discusses her new book, How Safe Are We?: Homeland Security Since 9/11, and offers insights into the future of the department.

Photos

  • Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano gestures onstage as she takes part in the public program, How Safe Are We? Homeland Security Since 9/11. She is seated next to Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs, who is holding a clipboard and listening to her speak.
  • Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano speaks onstage as she gestures with both hands. Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs, listens as he sits next to her with a clipboard. The silhouettes of several audience members are visible in the foreground.
  • Former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano makes a chopping motion with her hand as she speaks with Clifford Chanin, the executive vice president and deputy director for museum programs, during a public program at the Museum Auditorium. Chanin is seated in the foreground and slightly out of focus.
Photos by Monika Graff

Videos

Videos

  • Public Programs 2019_0326_Janet Napolitano w/CC
    FULL RECORDING
  • 2019_0326_Janet Napolitano_Highlight_(Caps)
    HIGHLIGHT CLIP

Other Resources

Through the inaugural 9/11 Memorial & Museum Summit on Security, presented by Fiserv, public programs in 2019 were made possible by Accenture, ADP, AT&T, BlackRock, Deloitte, GNYHA Ventures, Inc., Goldman Sachs, PepsiCo Foundation, and UL LLC.

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