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Representing Michigan for thirty-six years in the U.S. Senate, Carl Levin, the longest-serving senator in Michigan history, was known for his dogged pursuit of the truth, his commitment to holding government accountable, and his basic decency. Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate is his story - from his early days in Detroit as the son of a respected lawyer to the capstone of his career as chair of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Levin's career placed him at the center of some of our nation's most critical points in modern times: from the aftermath of the 1967 Detroit riots, to the Clinton impeachment,...
At a time when Congressional investigations have taken on added importance and urgency in American politics, this book offers readers a rare, insider’s portrait of the world of US Congressional oversight. It examines specific oversight investigations into multiple financial and offshore tax scandals over fifteen years, from 1999 to 2014, when Senator Levin served in a leadership role on the US Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), the Senate’s premier investigative body. Despite mounting levels of partisanship, dysfunction, and cynicism swirling through Congress during those years, this book describes how Congressional oversight investigations can be a powerful tool for uncovering facts, building bipartisan consensus, and fostering change, offering detailed case histories as proof. Grounded in fact, and written as only an insider could tell it, this book will be of interest to financial and tax practitioners, policymakers, academics, students, and the general public.
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Former senator Carl Levin’s memoir is a demonstration of the value of pragmatism, empathy, and compromise.
Contents: The Origins of Aggressive Interrogation Techniques; The Authorization of Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Techniques for Interrogations in Iraq; Witnesses: Richard Shiffrin, Former Dep. Gen. Counsel for Intell., DoD; Daniel Baumgartner, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA); Jerald Ogrisseg, USAF Survival School; Diane Beaver, USA (Ret.), Joint Task Force 170/JTF Guantanamo Bay; Jane Dalton, USN (Ret.), Former Legal Advisor to the Chmn., Joint Chiefs of Staff; Alberto Mora, Former Gen. Counsel, U.S. Navy; William Haynes, II, Former Gen. Counsel, DoD; John Moulton, II, USAF (Ret.), Former Commander, JPRA; Steven Kleinman, USAFR, Former Dir. of Intell., Personnel Recovery Acad., JPRA. Illus.