C001035 1952-12-07 10927 413 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCollins.EmailIssue 202-224-2693 Susan 'r':4 'sen':1 'susan':2,6,8 'collin':3,7,9 F 300025 Collins Susan_Collins M. Sen. Susan Collins [R, ME] 5775 N00000491 11860 Republican 202-224-2523 Catholic ME Susan Collins 2.53225806451613 http://collins.senate.gov SenatorSusanCollins 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:19:16 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Affairs Committee kicked off a congressional push to examine laws and policies dealing with suspicious troops. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee's top Republican, said the military and the FBI failed to follow "red flags galore" about the accus 'fbi':42 'law':20 'red':4,46 'sen':27 'top':35 'usa':52 'deal':23 'fail':43 'flag':5,47 'fort':8 'hood':9 'kick':13 'main':31 'note':3 'push':17 'said':37 'accus':51 'galor':6,48 'incid':10 'panel':2 'senat':1 'susan':28 'today':53 'troop':26 'affair':11 'collin':29 'examin':19 'follow':45 'polici':22 'suspici':25 'committe':12,33 'militari':39 'republican':36 'congression':16 6739637 true true daylife USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/ OK http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-19-fort-hood-senate-panel_N.htm?csp=34 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:16 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and proceed cooperatively as opposed to going into an attack mode," said Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I), seen here with Sen. Susan Collins (R). (Marvin Joseph/the Washington Post) Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate 'r':34 'go':17 'sen':23,31 'fort':9 'hear':7 'hill':3 'hood':10 'mode':21 'open':2 'post':38,51 'said':22 'seen':28 'first':5 'oppos':15 'susan':32 'attack':20,45 'collin':33 'cooper':13 'includ':41 'joseph':24 'marvin':35 'person':44 'profan':42 'public':6 'comment':39 'proceed':12 'lieberman':1,26 'inappropri':48 'joseph/the':36 'washington':37,50 6739638 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=89585140cf29e047a0dff46297951280 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:16 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ..."to learn whether the federal government could have acted in a way that would have prevented these murders from occurring." Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned whether the government failed to connect dots about Hasan. "We must better understand why 'r':32 'act':16 'dot':41 'sen':28 'way':19 'fail':38 'fort':4 'hood':5 'laps':7 'look':2 'main':33 'must':45 'could':14 'feder':12 'hasan':43 'learn':9 'manag':6 'miami':49 'occur':27 'susan':29 'would':21 'better':46 'collin':30 'govern':13,37 'herald':50 'murder':25 'r-main':31 'connect':40 'prevent':23 'whether':10,35 'pentagon':1 'question':34 'understand':47 6739639 true true daylife Miami Herald http://www.miamiherald.com/ OK http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1342761.html 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:13:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...patient care" and "able to contain his behavior" if put on probation, NPR reported. The Senate panel's top Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said the inquiry will look at any "inexcusable gaps and communications failures at Fort Hood and Walter R 'r':54 'ft':1 'abl':15 'gap':45 'new':55 'npr':24 'put':21 'sen':32 'top':30 '2007':10 'armi':6 'care':13 'fort':50 'hood':2,51 'look':41 'main':36 'news':58 'said':37 'york':56 'daili':57 'panel':28 'senat':27 'sight':8 'susan':33 'collin':34 'failur':48 'gunman':3 'probat':23 'report':11,25 'walter':53 'contain':17 'inexcus':44 'inquiri':39 'patient':12 'behavior':19 'communic':47 'republican':31 6736824 true true daylife New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ OK http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/news/~3/vsH2H38LjiM/2009-11-19_2007_memo_shows_ft_hood_gunman_nidal_malik_hasan_was_flagged_as_unprofessional_i.html 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:13:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...best homeland security possible for the American people," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman of the 17-member panel. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, the panel's top Republican, said the bipartisan inquiry will examine whether there were "inexcusabl 'r':36 '17':29 'ft':8 'joe':21 'red':5 'sen':20,32 'top':41 'best':11 'conn':25 'flag':6 'hear':1 'hood':9 'kill':10 'look':3 'main':37 'said':19,43 'panel':31,39 'peopl':18 'secur':13 'susan':33 'collin':34 'examin':48 'i-conn':23 'member':30 'r-main':35 'inquiri':46 'possibl':14 'whether':49 'american':17 'chairman':26 'columbus':53 'dispatch':54 'homeland':12 'lieberman':22 'bipartisan':45 'inexcusabl':52 'republican':42 6736826 true true daylife Columbus Dispatch http://www.dispatch.com/ OK http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2009/11/19/Fort_Hood_Hearst.ART_ART_11-19-09_A3_BFFNNRJ.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:13:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...patient care" and "able to contain his behavior" if put on probation, NPR reported. The Senate panel's top Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said the inquiry will look at any "inexcusable gaps and communications failures at Fort Hood and Walter R 'r':54 'ft':1 'abl':15 'gap':45 'new':55 'npr':24 'put':21 'sen':32 'top':30 '2007':10 'armi':6 'care':13 'fort':50 'hood':2,51 'look':41 'main':36 'news':58 'said':37 'york':56 'daili':57 'panel':28 'senat':27 'sight':8 'susan':33 'collin':34 'failur':48 'gunman':3 'probat':23 'report':11,25 'walter':53 'contain':17 'inexcus':44 'inquiri':39 'patient':12 'behavior':19 'communic':47 'republican':31 6736825 true true daylife New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ OK http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/news/us_world/~3/anYHnf-Fwqg/2009-11-19_2007_memo_shows_ft_hood_gunman_nidal_malik_hasan_was_flagged_as_unprofessional_i.html 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:19:16 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...and policies and encourage authorities to share more information and to more aggressively investigate suspicious troops. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the committee's top Republican, said military officials and FBI investigators failed to follow "red fla 'sc':45 'fbi':36 'fla':42 'red':41 'sen':22 'top':30 'fail':38 'fort':3 'hear':5 'hood':4 'main':26 'said':32 'wltx':43 'begin':2 'share':12 'susan':23 'troop':21 'author':10 'collin':24 'follow':40 'inform':14 'lawmak':1 'offici':34 'polici':7 'aggress':18 'suspici':20 'columbia':44 'committe':28 'encourag':9 'investig':19,37 'militari':33 'republican':31 6739640 true true daylife WLTX | Columbia, SC http://www.wltx.com/ OK http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=81043 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 11:13:32 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...patient care" and "able to contain his behavior" if put on probation, NPR reported. The Senate panel's top Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said the inquiry will look at any "inexcusable gaps and communications failures at Fort Hood and Walter R 'r':54 'ft':1 'abl':15 'gap':45 'new':55 'npr':24 'put':21 'sen':32 'top':30 '2007':10 'armi':6 'care':13 'fort':50 'hood':2,51 'look':41 'main':36 'news':58 'said':37 'york':56 'daili':57 'panel':28 'senat':27 'sight':8 'susan':33 'collin':34 'failur':48 'gunman':3 'probat':23 'report':11,25 'walter':53 'contain':17 'inexcus':44 'inquiri':39 'patient':12 'behavior':19 'communic':47 'republican':31 6736823 true true daylife New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ OK http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/11/19/2009-11-19_2007_memo_shows_ft_hood_gunman_nidal_malik_hasan_was_flagged_as_unprofessional_i.html 300025 Person sen\. Wed Nov 18 22:20:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...correcting the system so that our government can provide the best homeland security possible for the American people." Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is leading the investigation with Lieberman, said information-sharing is the most troubling issue th 'r':33 'th':51 'sen':29 'best':21 'fort':8 'help':4 'hood':9 'issu':50 'lead':37 'main':34 'post':54 'said':42 'seek':2 'peopl':28 'secur':23 'share':45 'susan':30 'collin':31 'govern':17 'inform':44 'lawmak':1 'provid':19 'r-main':32 'system':13 'troubl':49 'correct':11 'possibl':24 'american':27 'homeland':22 'investig':10,39 'administr':6 'lieberman':41 'washington':53 'information-shar':43 6734203 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5140ae105cbac559f87b08ff5353bdf1 300025 Person senator Thu Nov 19 11:13:33 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...correcting the system so that our government can provide the best homeland security possible for the American people." Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is leading the investigation with Lieberman, said information-sharing is the most troubling issue th 'r':28 'ft':3 'th':46 'sen':24 'best':16 'hood':4 'issu':45 'lead':32 'main':29 'post':49 'said':37 'peopl':23 'press':2 'probe':5 'secur':18 'senat':1 'share':40 'susan':25 'collin':26 'govern':12 'inform':39 'provid':14 'r-main':27 'system':8 'troubl':44 'correct':6 'possibl':19 'american':22 'homeland':17 'investig':34 'lieberman':36 'washington':48 'information-shar':38 6736827 true true daylife The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/ OK http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=2755779aa21671db44a531985f2953bf 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The leading congress people who pushed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 , Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Joe Lieberman are currently holding senate hearings on the Fort Hood shootings. ... 'act':23 'joe':31 'sen':26,30 '2007':25 'fort':40 'hear':37 'hold':5,35 'hood':41 'lead':11 'push':15 'peopl':13 'radic':18 'senat':7,36 'shoot':42 'susan':27 'collin':3,28 'terror':21 'current':34 'prevent':22 'violent':17 'american':43 'congress':12 'everyman':44 'investig':8 'homegrown':20 'lieberman':1,32 6739632 false true google blog American Everyman http://willyloman.wordpress.com/ OK http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/lieberman-and-collins-are-holding-the-senate-investigation-into-the-fort-hood-shootings/ 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned whether the government failed to connect dots about Hasan. "We must better understand why law enforcement, intelligence agencies and our military personnel system may have failed in this case," ... 'r':15 'dot':24 'law':32 'may':41 'san':47 'sen':11 'case':46 'fail':21,43 'feed':51 'hunt':4 'look':9 'main':16 'must':28 'site':50 'agenc':35 'hasan':7,26 'quick':3 'susan':12 'better':29 'collin':13 'enforc':33 'examin':49 'govern':20 'launch':2 'longer':8 'r-main':14 'system':40 'connect':23 'whether':18 'intellig':34 'militari':38 'pentagon':1 'question':17 'francisco':48 'personnel':39 'understand':30 6739634 false true google blog San Francisco Examiner Site Feed http://www.sfexaminer.com/templates/rss OK http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/ap/70463992.html 300025 Person senate Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who is leading the investigation with Lieberman, said information-sharing is the most troubling issue that must be addressed. "There's a lot we don't know at this point. That's why we're doing the ... 'r':15 're':52 'lot':40 'sen':11 'tel':2,56 'chai':3,57 'issu':32 'know':44 'lead':19 'main':16 'must':34 'said':24 'obama':9 'point':47 'senat':5 'share':27 'susan':12 'answer':7 'collin':13 'demand':6 'inform':26 'nation':4,58 'r-main':14 'troubl':31 'address':36 'investig':21 'tel-chai':1,55 'administr':10 'lieberman':23 'information-shar':25 6739633 false true google blog Tel-Chai Nation http://telchaination.blogspot.com/ OK http://telchaination.blogspot.com/2009/11/senate-demands-answers-from-obama.html 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., the chairman, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., ranking Republican, argued that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should have called for an exclusive targeting of the most vulnerable groups as soon ... 'r':18 'flu':47 'hhs':31 'joe':6 'sen':14 'two':1 'argu':22 'call':34 'conn':10 'news':5 'r-me':17 'rank':20 'soon':45 'avian':46 'diari':48 'group':43 'human':29 'susan':15 'cidrap':4 'collin':16 'depart':25 'exclus':37 'health':27 'i-conn':8 'report':2 'servic':30 'target':38 'vulner':42 'chairman':12 'lieberman':7 'republican':21 6739636 false true google blog Avian Flu Diary http://afludiary.blogspot.com/ OK http://afludiary.blogspot.com/2009/11/two-reports-from-cidrap-news.html 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Susan Collins is taking the Obama administration to task over its handling of vaccine supplies for the H1N1 virus and seasonal flu. At a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the issue yesterday, ... 'flu':28 'sen':6 'h1n1':24 'hear':37 'issu':40 'take':10 'task':15 'handl':18 'obama':12 'secur':32 'susan':7 'virus':25 'affair':35 'booman':1,42 'collin':8 'season':27 'suppli':21 'tribun':2,43 'vaccin':20 'committe':36 'homeland':31 'progress':4 'administr':13 'communiti':5 'yesterday':41 'government':34 6739631 false true google blog Booman Tribune http://www.boomantribune.com/ OK http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2009/11/19/12811/477 300025 Person republican Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Over at The Atlantic, Marc Ambinder reports on an interesting question he asked Kelly Ayotte, one which the US Senate candidate declined to answer: Are you a Jim DeMint Republican or a Susan Collins Republican? 'us':25 'ask':19 'jim':34 'one':22 'marc':11 'ayott':21 'kelli':20 'senat':26 'susan':5,39 'ambind':12 'answer':30 'atlant':10 'candid':27 'collin':6,40 'declin':28 'demint':35 'report':13 'interest':16 'question':17 'republican':36,41 'graniteprof':1,42 6739630 false true google blog Graniteprof http://graniteprof.typepad.com/graniteprof/ OK http://graniteprof.typepad.com/graniteprof/2009/11/shes-no-susan-collins.html 300025 Person sen\. Thu Nov 19 22:19:09 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 The party considered taking away his chairmanship after the 2008 elections, but declined to do so after intervention from Obama. Lieberman has received support for moving forward on the probe of Fort Hood from Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) ... 'sen':43 'top':47 '2008':18 'away':13 'fort':3,40 'hear':5 'hood':4,41 'main':46 'move':34 'news':48 'take':12 'elect':19 'obama':28 'parti':10 'probe':38 'susan':44 'collin':45 'consid':11 'declin':21 'govern':8 'launch':2 'receiv':31 'forward':35 'support':32 'without':6 'intervent':26 'lieberman':1,29 'chairmanship':15 6739629 false true google blog Top News http://www.hillnews.com/ OK http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/68659-lieberman-launches-fort-hood-hearings-with-no-government-witnesses 300025 Person senate Thu Nov 19 11:13:33 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...of and defenses against the threat posed by violent Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism." Both Lieberman and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) met with FBI Director Robert Mueller and Army Secretary John McHugh to make sure that the Senate's investigat 'r':27 'ft':3 'fbi':31 'met':29 'sen':23 'armi':36 'hood':4 'john':38 'main':28 'make':41 'pose':12 'push':2 'sure':42 'islam':15 'senat':45 'susan':24 'collin':25 'defens':8 'extrem':16 'mchugh':39 'r-main':26 'robert':33 'terror':19 'threat':11 'inquiri':5 'mueller':34 'violent':14 'director':32 'rantburg':48 'homegrown':18 'lieberman':1,21 'secretari':37 'investigat':47 6736828 false true daylife Rantburg http://rantburg.com/ OK http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-11-19&ID=283740 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 11:13:32 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...on Face ... Ft. Hood hearing tomorrow — First Read 18 hours ago From NBC's Amna Nawaz Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) confirmed in a press conference today, that their Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee invest 'r':33 '18':15 'ct':28 'ft':9 'ago':17 'joe':24 'nbc':19 'sen':23 'amna':21 'blip':51 'face':8 'hear':11 'hood':10 'hour':16 'i-ct':26 'r-me':32 'read':14 'slam':2 'first':13 'nawaz':22 'press':38 'secur':44 'susan':30 'taunt':5 'today':40 'affair':47 'collin':31 'confer':39 'critic':6 'invest':49 'option':4 'public':3 'beltway':50 'confirm':35 'committe':48 'homeland':43 'tomorrow':12 'lieberman':1,25 'government':46 6736822 false true daylife Beltway Blips http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/ OK http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/lieberman-slams-public-option-taunts-critics/ 300025 Person congress Thu Nov 19 11:13:26 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0600 2009 On Earth Day 2009, Congress started deliberating the No Child Left Inside Act of 2009, (S. 888/H.R. 2054) introduced by Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD). ... A nd only five Republicans--Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe 'd':35,42 'md':43 'nd':45 'ri':36 'act':23 'day':13 'gun':4 'kid':1 'law':5 '2009':14,25 '2054':28 'bill':10 'd-md':41 'd-ri':34 'five':47 'jack':32 'john':39 'left':21 'rage':3 'reed':33 'road':2 'snow':54 'child':20 'earth':12 'insid':22 'senat':31,49 'start':16 'susan':50 'union':6 'collin':51 'sarban':40 '888/h.r':27 'deliber':17 'newwest':55 'olympia':53 'congress':15 'introduc':29 'missoula':56 'republican':48 'congressman':38 'conservationist':7 6736820 false true google blog NewWest Missoula http://www.newwest.net/missoula/ OK http://www.newwest.net/city/article/road_rage_explained_getting_kids_outside_usa_still_rocks_and_more/C8/L8/