DHS Sec’y Napolitano Meets w/ Singapore Deputy PM to Discuss Supply Chain Security, Etc.
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean to discuss the ongoing partnership between the U.S. and Singapore to facilitate legitimate trade and travel, while preventing terrorists from exploiting supply chains; protecting transportation systems from attacks and disruptions; and increasing the resilience of global supply chains. During their meeting, Secretary Napolitano and Deputy Prime Minister Teo signed a joint statement on supply chain security.
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 12012606 for summary of Obama Administration’s unveiling in January 2012 of the National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security, which focuses on the global network of transportation, postal, and shipping pathways, assets, and infrastructures by which goods are moved from the point of manufacture until they reach an end consumer, as well as supporting communications infrastructure and systems.)