This

is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. 

A

new Government Accountability Office report provides a damning indictment of

the U.S. government’s dysfunction with respect to addressing and mitigating the

vulnerabilities of the nation’s electric grid.  

GAO

found that no one seems to be in charge of that mission at the federal level,

specifically addressing the threat of intense electromagnetic pulses (EMP), whether

arising from enemy action or naturally occurring solar storms. 

Fortunately,

state officials like Texas Senator Bob Hall are filling the leadership vacuum. He

previously helped safeguard our strategic deterrent against EMP and is

currently sponsoring a two-day summit in Austin to begin protecting his state’s

electric infrastructure.                              

Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott has also said he’s going to make securing his state’s grid a “high

priority.”  Now is the time for him to

translate that commitment into action

– and lead the nation in doing so. 

This

is Frank Gaffney.