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...years ago, Chertoff traded in a very good job for a very hard job. An appellate judge with a lifetime appointment, he left the bench to take over a federal department with a $43 billion budget and more than 180,000 employees, corralling 22 different agencies that report to 88 different subcommittees on the Hill. Chertoff's tenure didn't start well. He had been in the job just six months when Hurricane Katrina hit. That day, says P.J. Crowley, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Chertoff "didn't understand his job. He was shocked to realize...
...That's Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary...
Every time DHS fails, Chertoff emerges unscathed. "He's a survivor," says former DHS Inspector General Clark Kent Erwin. But how does...
...have to push through discomfort," says Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff. We're running along a leafy path on the edge of Washington. I've managed to keep up for the first three miles. But since he's two decades older than I am (he's 53), it's not such an impressive feat. Then in the last 50 yds., Chertoff takes off in a sprint. I'm left looking at his back. When I told this story to one of Chertoff's senior advisers, he smiled and said, "You met the Secretary...
...federal government at least appears to understand that there has to be a delicate balance between the twin issues of security and the environment. "The solution has to vary location to location," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said last month to a room full of wary Texas landowners who fear access to Rio Grande water could be limited and border residents who have long viewed their Mexican neighbors (some of whom are family relatives) as friends and customers. "Obviously, at the end of the day, we have to make sure we can satisfy our operational requirements...