Chertoff Defends Border Record Before Congressional Critics
Monday, 21 July 2008
by Chris Bedford
DHS secretary spars with Democrats over border security progress.
WASHINGTON, DC--Democratic members of Congress got in their last parting shots at Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Committee on Homeland Security hearing on border security on Thursday, July 17., before Congress adjourns at the end of July.

While committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), congratulated Chertoff on “significant strides towards securing America’s borders since the 9/11 terrorist attacksâ€