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Press Release- Visit of Home Minister Shri Sushil Kumar Sambhajirao Shinde to USA

Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Home Minister, Government of India, arrived in Washington DC on Sunday, May 19, 2013 for the Second India-U.S. Homeland Security Dialogue.

On May 20, Minister Shinde, visited the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and was given a tour and presentation on the functioning and management of the correctional facility in the United States. In the afternoon, Minister Shinde visited National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and met with the Director of NCTC Mr. Mathew G. Olsen and was given a presentation on the role and the functioning of the NCTC.

Minister Shinde will be co-chairing the Second Meeting of the India-US Homeland Security Dialogue with the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on May 21, 2013. He will also meet  Director, FBI Robert  S. Muller and the Attorney General of the U.S., Eric Holder, before leaving for Boston the same evening.