Director, on the Joint Operations Center (JOC), have you taken steps and are you confident that for any incident that might occur at the White House, that they have the communications capability to get everybody doing what they need to be doing as part of a crisis response?
John Hoeven: “Director, on the Joint Operations Center (JOC), have you taken steps and are you confident that for any incident that…”
On the recordMarch 18, 2015
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Hoeven questions the effectiveness of communication during potential White House incidents.
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