New York, Madrid, London: What City Is Next?
Joseph Cahill
July 13, 2005
The latest Great Awakening terrorist strikes should serve not only as another warning but also as a spur to collective action, particularly by the nation’s first-responder communities.
Homeland Defense Begins at Home!
James D. Hessman
July 13, 2005
The Department of Homeland Defense and American Red Cross are leading the way, but true national
preparedness requires an all-hands effort starting with teachers and students, parents, first
responders, businessmen and factory workers, the media and the m
Governor James S. Gilmore, III, A Focus on Border Protection, Medical Surge Capacity
John F. Morton
July 13, 2005
Former Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore III shares his views, as chairman of the bipartisan
Congressional Commission appointed to assess U.S. domestic-response capabilities, on such major issues
as vulnerability assessments, risk management, border prot
Department of Defense "Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support"
Domestic Preparedness
July 7, 2005
Reshaping the Department’s approach to homeland defense, constitutes vision for transforming homeland defense and civil support http://www.dod.gov/news/Jun2005/d20050630homeland.pdf
GAO: Combating Nuclear Smuggling
Domestic Preparedness
July 6, 2005
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, there were 650 confirmed cases of illicit trafficking in nuclear and radiological materials worldwide between 1993 and 2004. Several of these cases involved
GAO - Opportunities Exist to Improve Future Comprehensive Master Plans for Changing U.S. Defense Infrastructure Overseas
Domestic Preparedness
July 6, 2005
This is the second of two GAO reports that respond to the reporting requirements contained in the report on the fiscal year 2004 Senate military construction appropriations bill. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05680r.pdf