Word: homelands
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...after a presidential press conference. "I wish he had found a way to admit a mistake. The press corps is not going to let the issue go away," the e-mailer wrote. He even offered Bush a script: "One mistake was my initial opposition to [establishing the Department of] Homeland Security. Another mistake was initial opposition to the 9/11 commission, and another mistake was my failure to address the problems between the FBI and the CIA." As Kerry became more aggressive in his criticism of Bush's Iraq policy, other Republicans said the President had to beat back the challenger...
...astonished, dear American friends, that you re-elected Bush. Such a leader wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell in most European countries. But the majority of Americans seem to trust a man who talks a lot about God, superficial moral values and protecting your beloved homeland. We hope that you will come to your senses during the next four years. Tron Hummelvoll Klofta, Norway...
...appears that the Bush administration has suddenly awakened to the very real threat of terrorist infiltration of the U.S. through the obviously porous border we share with Mexico. That it took an al-Qaeda operative to alert us to this obvious risk is ridiculous. What has our Homeland Security Department been doing? Wouldn't our nation be a lot more secure if, instead of spending billions of dollars in Iraq, we used the money to secure our borders...
In calculating his odds of getting confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security, former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik and his advisers had reckoned they could handle the issue of Kerik's reputation for occasional lapses of judgment in personal matters. Or that the smell of some conflict-of-interest issues still clung to him. "Everything seemed pretty normal, at least by Washington or New York standards," his mentor and boss, former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, told TIME. "It is never pleasant. You deal with it." But they hadn't counted on the nanny. Kerik's disclosure...
...withdrawal is solely about the nanny problem--and not about the cacophony of other issues that surfaced, like Kerik's recent $6.2 million windfall from exercising stock options in Taser International, a stun-gun company on whose board he serves and which does business with the Department of Homeland Security. Kerik never warned the Bush Administration about a potential nanny issue, a senior official says. "He's a workaholic. These are things he doesn't concentrate on," says Giuliani. When Kerik called the White House to tell them of the problem and his decision, the senior official says, Bush...