Ex-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge Hospitalized After Stroke
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his home in suburban Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
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16 Years Ago Today: Department of Homeland Security Began Operations in Response to 9/11
Today is the 16th anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security beginning operations in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
Ex-Homeland Security Head: Trump’s Plan to Build Wall Will Hurt GOP
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is warning Republicans that it’s a mistake to embrace Donald Trump plan to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Former Homeland Security Director Won’t Vote for Trump or Clinton for President
Former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said on Tuesday he won’t vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton for president.
Senate Panel Explores Effectiveness of Homeland Security Department on Sept. 11 Anniversary
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com How prepared is Homeland Security to handle terrorism threats? On the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Senate panel will ask that question as it examines the department and interviews former lawmakers and past DHS officials, including the first Homeland Security secretary, Tom Ridge, the Washington Post reports. The…
Louie Freeh and Tom Ridge: Angels Protecting Us or Just Hired Guns for the Gambling Industry?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-FBI Director Louis Freeh and Tom Ridge, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Angels protecting us from evil, or just hired guns for the gambling industry? If you read the press release by FairPlayUSA, you’d think they were here to save us from the evil. FairPlayUSA announced that Freeh…
Ex-Homeland Chief Tom Ridge Dubious of New Arizona Immigration Law
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is the latest to weigh in on Arizona’s new immigration law, saying he’s uncomfortable with it. Ridge told the Associated Press that he’s concerned that the law allows police to question people without probable cause. But he criticized both Democrats and Republicans for failing to…
Is Our Homeland Any Safer With Homeland Security?
Author Edward Alden talks about books by former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff and raises some legitimate questions about the direction of the sprawling agency. Is it working? Was it worth creating a whole new bureaucracy? By Edward Alden Washington Post Outlook Section In a single week last month, the U.S. government…
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