Word: homelands
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...heavy lifting to do -- has only been in power about five months; and so we've still got, say, difficult days ahead. But I think we're far along from where we were, and at the same time, we've been able to successfully defend the homeland against further attacks by al Qaeda. It's a pretty good record...
...have been at war. We've had to spend a lot of money on defense and homeland security. We did go through the aftermath of 9/11, which dealt a significant blow to the economy. We had a recession when we came in. We had Katrina that was one of the worst natural disasters in history...
...Immigration Project’s other co-president, second-year law student Alison Kamhi, asked Chertoff about his department’s immigration policies during a question-and-answer session. He did not address many of the group’s specific criticisms, but said that the Homeland Security Department should step up border enforcement, implement a temporary worker program, and make sure that applicants for citizenship have abided by existing immigration laws...
Chertoff, who has served as Homeland Security secretary since January 2005, said that the government’s programs were critical to the prevention of future terrorist attacks...
...when they'll be required to carry their passport with them every trip may get a reprieve. They'll still have to carry a unique ID as of June 1, 2009, but they'll have the option of using a high-tech alternative approved by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) which lets an immigration agent know a person's identity even before he or she gets to the booth...