Director R. Gil Kerlikowske was confirmed on May 7, 2009. A hearing to consider his nomination was held on April 1, 2009. On April 23, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.
A transcript of the hearing, including the Committee Questionnaire, responses to questions submitted for the record, and letters received in connection with the nomination, is available through the Government Printing Office. Attachments to the Committee Questionnaire are available upon request.
Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination
- April 20, 2009 - Robert M. Stewart, CEO, Stewart Konduros & Associates, LLC; former Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division
- April 12, 2009 - William Citty, Chief of Police, The City of Oklahoma Police Department
- April 7, 2009 - Harold L. Hurt, Chief of Police, City of Houston
- April 1, 2009 - David M. Kunkle, Chief of Police, City of Dallas
- March 31, 2009 - Richard J. Pennington, Chief of Police, City of Atlanta, Georgia
- March 31, 2009 - National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc.
- March 31, 2009 - Edwin Meese III, former Attorney General
- March 31, 2009 - Joint Letter [Paul N. Samuels, Director and President, Legal Action Center; Becky Vaughn, Executive Director, State Associations of Addiction Services; Gabrielle de la Gueronnier, JD, Director for National Policy, Legal Action Center/National HIRE Network]
- March 31, 2009 - Colonel Daniel Isom, Chief of Police, City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
- March 31, 2009 - Heather J. Fong, Chief of Police, City and County of San Francisco
- March 31, 2009 - The Council of State Governments Justice Center
- March 30, 2009 - Thomas H. Streicher, Jr., Police Chief, City of Cincinnati
- March 30, 2009 - Ronal W. Serpas, PhD, Chief of Police, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
- March 30, 2009 - National Narcotic Officers' Associations Coalition
- March 30, 2009 - National Criminal Justice Association
- March 30, 2009 - National Association of Drug Court Professionals
- March 30, 2009 - Rodney D. Monroe, Chief of Police, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
- March 30, 2009 - Kermit Miller, Chief of Police, Tucson Police Department
- March 30, 2009 - Edward A. Flynn, Chief of Police, City of Milwaukee
- March 28, 2009 - Black Law Enforcement Association of Washington, Inc.
- March 27, 2009 - Judge Robert T. Russell, Jr., Buffalo City Court, Presiding Judge: Drug Treatment Court, Mental Health Court, and Veterans' Treatment Court
- March 27, 2009 - Charles H. Ramsey, Commissioner, Police Department, City of Philadelphia
- March 27, 2009 - Russell M. Porter, Director, Intelligence Fusion Center
- March 26, 2009 - National Black Police Association, Inc.
- March 25, 2009 - Charles M. Vest, President, National Academy of Engineering; former President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- March 25, 2009 - Judge Keith Meisenheimer, Circuit Court of the State of Oregon
- March 25, 2009 - Richard Inukai
- March 24, 2009 - Larry A. Hammond, Osborn Maledon
- March 24, 2009 - Lee P. Brown, PhD, Chairman and CEO, Brown Group International; former Director of National Drug Control Policy
- March 23, 2009 - YouthCare
- March 23, 2009 - Hubert Williams, President, Police Foundation
- March 23, 2009 - Richard D. Wiles, Sheriff, El Paso County Sheriff's Office
- March 23, 2009 - Colonel Robert C. White, Chief of Police, Louisville Metro Police Department
- March 23, 2009 - Rosanne M. Sizer, Chief of Police, City of Portland, Oregon
- March 23, 2009 - Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor of Seattle
- March 23, 2009 - Michael McGrath, Chief of Police, City of Cleveland
- March 23, 2009 - Barry R. McCaffrey, General, USA (Ret.), former Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
- March 23, 2009 - J. Thomas Manger, Chief of Police, Montgomery County, Maryland
- March 23, 2009 - Barry Krisberg, Ph.D., National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- March 23, 2009 - Innocence Project
- March 23, 2009 - Douglas C. Gillespie, Sheriff, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
- March 23, 2009 - Robert L. Davis, Chief of Police, San Jose Police Department
- March 23, 2009 - Tim Burgess, Chair, Public Safety, Human Services and Education Committee, Office of the City Council, City of Seattle
- March 23, 2009 - Alfred Blumstein, University Professor and J. Erik Jonsson Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research, H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
- March 20, 2009 - Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
- March 20, 2009 - Leroy D. Baca, Sheriff, County of Los Angeles
- March 19, 2009 - The United States Conference of Mayors
- March 19, 2009 - Gregory J. Nickels, Mayor of Seattle, Washington
- March 19, 2009 - DARE America
- March 19, 2009 - Merrick J. Bobb, Executive Director, Police Assessment Resource Center
- March 18, 2009 - Lana D. Benatovich, President, The National Federation for Just Communities of WNY, Inc.
- March 18, 2009 - Center for Court Innovation
- March 17, 2009 - Police Executive Research Forum
- March 11, 2009 - National Center for Victims of Crime
- March 2009 - Tom Mieczkowski, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Criminology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida
