FBI, Homeland Security to brief House on San Bernardino shooting
House members will receive a classified briefing on the San Bernardino, Calif., shooting, Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) office announced on Tuesday.
Officials from the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counterterrorism Center will brief members at 1 p.m. Thursday in the House Visitor Center auditorium.
{mosads}Last week, a husband and wife allegedly killed 14 people and injured 21 more in what is now being investigated as a terrorist attack.
The wife, Tashfeen Malik, reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Facebook. It’s now believed her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, did, as well.
The shooting has a set off a fresh round of debates in Congress about the fight against ISIS, gun control and visa programs. Malik came to the United States on a fiancé visa.
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