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...Ridge, is to present "one face at the border." It's long overdue. Such a merger was talked about as far back as Herbert Hoover's Administration, but the departments that control services like the Coast Guard (Transportation), Immigration and Naturalization (Justice) and Customs (Treasury) have jealously guarded their turf. Merging them will be a culture shock, as each has its traditions and ways of doing business...
...will detail how agencies should come on board. But experts warn that it will be years--if ever--before everyone is in place and pulling in the same direction. The project is already months late, thanks in part to squabbling among the 22 presidential appointees who are seeing their turf sliced and diced beneath them. (One complaint: How come the Coast Guard commandant gets to report directly to the new Secretary, whereas Customs and INS have to go through an Under Secretary who in turn reports to a Deputy Secretary?) Asks James Steinberg, a scholar at the Brookings Institution...
...department makes the public feel more secure, but past precedent indicates that cramming different agencies together tends to weaken cooperation and effectiveness as each agency fights for its own identity and mission within its delineated turf. Bush and his followers believe that changing a few desks around will somehow make the U.S. more capable of anticipating terrorist attacks...
...menace, riding tall over the crowds of Harvard enthusiasts rushing the field to greet the vanquished Yalies. Last week, the Crimson Staff listed some of the ways in which Harvard beats Yale every day. This week, we have compiled a new list showing how fair Harvard, on its own turf, demonstrated its superiority over our visitors from that block of concrete called New Haven...
...many teammates who enjoy playing with him, the coaches who commend his abilities or the many players that Armstrong has drilled into the turf during his career...