It's time to stop playing around with the organizational charts and to start focusing on government, at all levels, that are preparing for this storm season. |
It's time to stop playing with (organizational) charts. We're intensely focused on the coming storm season. |
Like any relationship, you recognize you can always find ways to grow and strengthen those ties, and we've been interested in doing so. We hope to move on it very quickly. |
Lucia Pinochet is no longer in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security. She is returning, this evening, to the country of her last departure. |
no indication of a nexus to terrorism. |
No one is satisfied with the response early on. |
One major concern with regions is that it would create an extra level of bureaucracy and establish a kind of silo effect and various little fiefdoms responsible for a variety of cross cutting activities. |
One of the top priorities of the department going forward is to retool FEMA to ensure that it is a 21st century agency with 21st century capabilities, |
One of the top priorities of the department going forward is to retool FEMA to ensure that it is a 21st century agency with 21st century capabilities. |
Our purpose is to push the security envelope overseas. |
Our undivided attention is placed on the victims of this catastrophe and seeing that they get the help that they desperately need. There is going to be a time and a place for the government and no doubt for Congress and the administration to really take a careful look at where the missteps were and assign blame. |
Out of an abundance of caution, there are a variety of reasons why the U.S. government would not want to disclose certain security measures and not make them available in the public domain for terrorists to exploit. |
Part of this new office will be to undertake the necessary steps to address any outstanding issues relating to the reimbursement of past hurricane relief efforts. These groups were essential and will continue to play a substantial role in the hurricane relief effort. |
Rather than operating five different programs, each with separate guidelines, we're introducing a streamlined program, the TIP, which allows the department to allocate port security funding based upon the greatest risks. |
Since 9/11, as a nation, our preparedness has increased dramatically. We need to ensure that in major metropolitan areas, preparedness is an all-hazards preparedness. So we're going to have a look at these individual plans to ensure they reflect that. |