Lack of Radio Operability Emblematic of DHS Management Challenges, Experts Say

Homeland Security Today: Three years ago, Rep. Ron Barber (D-Ariz.) and former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) visited the outskirts of Arizona's border with Mexico on a fact-finding mission in the wake of the murder of a rancher there.

While talking to ranchers along the Southwest border after the death of Robert Krentz, the lawmakers found that communications often could be extremely unreliable. When trying to contact the secretary of homeland security, their signal would often drop.

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