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• Press Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs [September 2, 2010]

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  In this September 2, 2010 White House press briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answers questions regarding Hurricane Earl approaching the coast of North Carolina and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's preparations, a fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and Iraq, among other issues.

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-09-02
• Readout of President Obama's Briefing Call with FEMA Administrator Fugate on the Preparations Being Made in Advance of Hurricane Earl [September 1, 2010]

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  This September 1, 2010 White House readout describes a briefing received by President Obama from Federal Emergency Management Agency "Administrator Craig Fugate on the preparations for potential impacts of Hurricane Earl on the East Coast and New England."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-09-01
• Background on the President's Event in New Orleans for the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina [August 26, 2010]

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  This August 26, 2010 White House press release provides information on President Obama's event in New Orleans for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It gives a list of elected officials and cabinet officials expected to attend, a description of program participants, a background on Xavier University, and a background on the Obama Administration's efforts to accelerate Katrina recovery.

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-08-26
• President Obama and Administration Officials to Mark 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with Travel to Gulf Coast, Project Site Visits [August 25, 2010]

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  "This August 25, 2010 White House press release states that President Obama and Administration officials will travel to the Gulf Coast on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. It provides the names and dates of officials and their visits, along with further background on Gulf Coast hurricane recovery and nationwide disaster preparedness and response efforts."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-08-25
• President Obama Signs Illinois Disaster Declaration [August 19, 2010]

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  "The President today [August 19, 2010] declared a major disaster exists in the State of Missouri and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes during the period of June 12 to July 31, 2010. Federal funding is available to [...] Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clark, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Howard, Jackson, Lafayette, Lewis, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Ray, Schuyler, Scotland, Sullivan, and Worth Counties."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-08-19
• President Obama Lays the Foundation for a New Export Control System to Strengthen National Security and the Competitiveness of Key U.S. Manufacturing and Technology Sectors [August 30, 2010]

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  This August 30, 2010 White House press release states that "President Obama will announce a major step forward in the Administration's efforts to fundamentally reform the export control system and will outline the foundation of our new export control system. These changes -- in what we control, how we control it, how we enforce those controls and how we manage our controls -- will help strengthen our national security by focusing our efforts on controlling the most critical products and technologies and by enhancing the competitiveness of key U.S. manufacturing and technology sectors." The press release provides information on control lists, licensing policies, export enforcement, and information technology systems.

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-08-30
• Beach Patrol and Corsair Fleet

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  This document describes the efforts of the Coast Guard during World War II. This document focuses on the beach patrols efforts to stop enemy submarines from surfacing and allowing agents to come on the land.

  United States. Coast Guard

  Noble, Dennis L.
• Directive-Type Memorandum (DTM) 09-015 - Policy and Procedures Applicable to DoD and United States Coast Guard (USCG) Civilian Personnel Subject to Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) Jurisdiction in Time of Declared War or a Contingency Operation

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  "This DTM [Directive-Type Memorandum]: 1.Clarifies when 'covered civilian employees' are subject to military jurisdiction pursuant to section 552 of Public Law 109-364 (Reference (a)) and Article 2(a)(10) of sections 801 -- 846 of title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (also known and hereafter referred to as 'the Uniform Code of Military Justice' (UCMJ) (Reference (b))). 2.By authority granted by Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (c)), establishes additional implementing guidance applicable to cases involving covered civilian employees. 3.Is effective immediately; it shall be incorporated into the next revision of DoD Instruction 5525.11 (Reference (d)) and shall expire effective January 1, 2012. DoD regulations and other guidance, the regulations and other guidance of the Military Departments (including the USCG), and the publications and other guidance of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall incorporate this memorandum's guidance and its attachments."

  United States. Department of Defense

  2010-08-19
• Risk Self Assessment Tool for Stadiums and Arenas

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  "The Risk Self Assessment Tool (RSAT) is a secure, Web-based application designed to assist managers of stadiums and arenas with the identification and management of security vulnerabilities to reduce risk to their facilities. The RSAT application was developed in partnership with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Infrastructure Protection's Sector Specific Agency Executive Management Office and the Infrastructure Information Collection Division. The RSAT application uses facility input in combination with threat and consequence estimates to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment and provides users with options for consideration to improve the security posture of their facility."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Infrastructure Protection
• DHS Global Outreach Efforts: Looking for the Best Technology and Products -- Period

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  "The recent establishment of the Commercialization Office at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) has already made a significant impact to ensure that the Department and its members understand the value of commercialization to satisfying the needs of the Department. Commercialization efforts have shown the benefits that the private sector can bring in the efforts to work in a partnership with the Department to leverage the private sector's skills, experience, resources and interest in creating widely distributed products to achieve the goal of developing and deploying high performance products, systems and services critical to the objectives of DHS's seven operating components (TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, Secret Service, ICE, CBP and USCIS) and first responders. Furthermore, the Department has made a concerted effort to reach out globally to become aware of, assess and work with technologies and products from around the globe because we understand that no one region has complete dominance in technology and product development. In so many ways, science, technology and product development transcend politics and geography. To this end, we have a keen interest in learning about all novel technologies and solutions that are available to meet our requirements. The Department has recently undertaken the critical step of 'socializing' a 'commercialization mindset' throughout DHS and the first responder communities. Why is there a need for a commercialization process? DHS requirements, in most instances, are characterized by the need for widely distributed COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) products. Oftentimes, there is a need for thousands, if not millions, of products for DHS's seven operating components and the fragmented, yet substantial first responder market."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate

  Cellucci, Thomas A.

  2008-11
• Department of Homeland Security and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Announce a Historic Enhanced Tribal Card [July 30, 2010]

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  "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Pascua Yaqui Tribe today announced the production of the first ever Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC)--designed as a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)-compliant document that formally recognizes tribal membership and U.S. citizenship for the purpose of entering the United States through a land or sea port of entry. The Pascua Yaqui are the first tribe in the country to issue an ETC. 'Our collaboration with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe has resulted in the historic development of the first-ever Enhanced Tribal Card--bolstering security while facilitating travel,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'We look forward to continuing to build close partnerships with tribal nations across the country as we work together to make the border crossing process more secure and efficient.' 'This program strengthens an already great relationship with DHS keeping our Nation's security at mind. The Pascua Yaqui Tribe hopes that such a program will enhance the facilitation of ceremonial, family and business travel for our Yaqui members,' said Chairman Peter Yucupicio."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office

  2010-07-30
• Collapsing Insurgent Organizations through Leadership Decapitation: A Comparison of Targeted Killing and Targeted Incarceration in Insurgent Organizations

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  "Killing or capturing an insurgent leader provides a means of eliminating the knowledge, charismatic power, and direction that the leader instills within the organization. Technological breakthroughs in signal intelligence (SIGINT), an increase in the collection of human intelligence (HUMINT), and the beginning of the global war on terror have brought the employment of leadership decapitation as a means of collapsing insurgent organizations back into the consciousness of western society. While the goal of government forces is to separate the insurgent leader from the organization, the techniques of killing or capturing insurgent leadership provide distinct advantages and drawbacks. This thesis asks the research question: under what conditions is the targeted killing of an enemy leader preferable to the targeted incarceration of an enemy leader during counterinsurgency operations? The analysis of four case studies provides the insight required to determine whether an insurgent organization is susceptible to collapse as a result of leadership decapitation. This thesis finds that killing versus incarcerating a terrorist leader seems to make little difference. Instead, insurgent organizations are most likely to collapse when they fail to name a successor, regardless of whether the leader is killed or captured. Through careful study of an insurgent organization's structure, military leaders can operationalize this thesis and develop a strategy to collapse an insurgent organization through leadership decapitation."

  Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)

  Staeheli, Paul W.

  2010-03
• Workplace Shootings

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  This fact sheet presents an overview of shootings in the workplace in the United States in 2008. "Over the past 5 years, 2004-08, an average of 564 work-related homicides occurred each year in the United States. In 2008, a total of 526 workplace homicides occurred, or 10 percent of all fatal work injuries. About 4 out of every 5 homicide victims in 2008 were male. The type of assailants in these cases differed for men and women. Robbers and other assailants made up 72 percent of assailants for men, and 51 percent of assailants for women. Relatives and other personal acquaintances accounted for only 4 percent of assailants of homicides for men, but 28 percent for women." Also included in this document is a pie chart representation of fatal workplace shootings by industry in 2008.

  United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics

  2010-07-14
• United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Annual Report 2009

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  "Created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), the Commission is an independent U.S. government commission that monitors violations of the right to freedom religion or belief abroad, and gives independent policy recommendations to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress. The passage of IRFA reinforced the historic commitment of the United States to religious freedom, and the Commission, separate from the State Department, is the first government commission in the world with the sole mission of reviewing and making policy recommendations on the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom globally. In passing IRFA, the U.S. Congress was not trying to enforce an American standard of religious freedom, but rather to promote the universal standard of freedom of religion or belief set forth in Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments. During this reporting period, the Commission met with human rights defenders from many nations where violent extremists or repressive regimes threaten fundamental rights and national security. […] The Annual Report contains chapters on countries the Commission has recommended for designation as 'Countries of Particular Concern' (CPCs) for severe violations of religious freedom; countries the Commission has placed on a Watch List for violations of religious freedom that do not meet the CPC threshold but require attention; and other countries the Commission is monitoring closely. The Annual Report also includes chapters on U.S. policy on expedited removal and multilateral organizations."

  United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

  2009-05
• Secretary Napolitano Applauds President Obama's Intent to Nominate Caryn Wagner as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis [October 23, 2009]

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  "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today applauded President Obama's intent to nominate Caryn Wagner as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A). 'Effective intelligence collection and analysis and robust information-sharing are essential to our mission of securing the nation,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'Caryn's extensive experience in the intelligence community will enhance our capability to collaborate with federal, state and local partners to assess and protect against homeland security threats.'"

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office

  2009-10-23
• Defense Critical Infrastructure: Actions Needed to Improve the Identification and Management of Electrical Power Risks and Vulnerabilities to DOD Critical Assets, Report to Congressional Committees

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  "DOD's most critical assets are vulnerable to disruptions in electrical power supplies, but DOD lacks sufficient information to determine the full extent of the risks and vulnerabilities these assets face. All 34 of these most critical assets require electricity continuously to support their military missions, and 31 of them rely on commercial power grids--which the Defense Science Board Task Force on DOD Energy Strategy has characterized as increasingly fragile and vulnerable--as their primary source of electricity. DOD Instruction 3020.45 requires DOD to conduct vulnerability assessments on all its most critical assets at least once every 3 years. Also, ASD(HD&ASA) has requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--which serves as the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program's Defense Infrastructure Sector Lead Agent for Public Works--to conduct preliminary technical analyses of DOD installation infrastructure (including electrical power infrastructure) to support the teams conducting Defense Critical Infrastructure Program vulnerability assessments on the most critical assets."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2009-10-23
• Guidance on Antiviral Drug Use During an Influenza Pandemic

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  "The use of prescription antiviral drugs to treat and prevent infection will be an important component of a pandemic influenza response. While current antiviral drug use strategies and publicly maintained stockpiles are targeted primarily for treatment of persons with pandemic illness, expanded antiviral drug production has allowed additional strategies to be considered. An interagency working group, with input from representatives of State, local and tribal public health agencies, considered scientific issues, ethics and values, and perspectives of stakeholders in developing draft guidance on antiviral use strategies and stockpiling. The antiviral drug use guidance in this document replaces the recommendations developed in 2005 which are published as part of the Department of Health and Human Service's (HHS's) pandemic influenza plan. As guidance, this document does not create a requirement; rather, it defines a prudent strategy for antiviral drug stockpiling and use that can contribute to a more effective pandemic response. The guidance on antiviral use is based on the national pandemic response goals of slowing the spread of pandemic disease, reducing impacts on health, and minimizing societal and economic disruption."

  United States. Department of Health and Human Services
• Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2008

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  "This report presents estimates of the legal permanent resident (LPR) population living in the United States on January 1, 2008. The LPR population includes persons granted lawful permanent residence, for example, 'green card' recipients, but not those who had become U.S. citizens. The estimates are shown for the total LPR population and the LPR population eligible to apply to naturalize by country of birth, state of residence, and the year LPR status was obtained. Data for the estimates were obtained primarily from administrative records of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The methodology used for the 2007 estimates is similar to that used in previous DHS estimates (see Rytina, 2008 and 2009)."

  United States. Office of Immigration Statistics

  Rytina, Nancy F.

  2009-10
• DHS Proposes Guidance for Anthrax Responders [October 27, 2009]

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  "In conjunction with an interagency task force, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced new proposed guidance for protecting the health of emergency responders during an anthrax attack on a major U.S. city. 'Protecting our first responders during terrorist attacks is critical to our nation's security,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'This guidance will better equip the courageous men and women across the country who would be the first to respond during a large-scale anthrax attack.'"

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office

  2009-10-27
• Explosives Investigation Coordination between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

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  "The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) share jurisdiction for investigating federal explosives crimes. Despite attempts at coordination and division of jurisdiction, these components have historically developed separate and often conflicting approaches to explosives investigations and related activities such as explosives training, information sharing, and forensic analysis. This Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit examined the Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight and the FBI's and ATF's operations of explosives-related activities from fiscal year (FY) 2003 through April 2009. The objective of this review was to evaluate the level of coordination between the FBI and ATF in explosive investigations, including the effectiveness of explosive incident protocols to determine lead agency jurisdiction, the extent of information sharing and consolidation of explosives data, the degree of training coordination, and the use of laboratory resources for explosives analysis. We conducted interviews with over 100 ATF and FBI employees, including personnel from both components' headquarters and in 8 locations with both ATF and FBI field divisions or offices."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General

  2009-10
• Influenza Pandemic: Key Securities Market Participants Are Making Progress, but Agencies Could Do More to Address Potential Internet Congestion and Encourage Readiness, Report to Congressional Requesters

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  "Concerns exist that a more severe pandemic outbreak than 2009's could cause large numbers of people staying home to increase their Internet use and overwhelm Internet providers' network capacities. Such network congestion could prevent staff from broker-dealers and other securities market participants from teleworking during a pandemic. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for ensuring that critical telecommunications infrastructure is protected. GAO was asked to examine a pandemic's impact on Internet congestion and what actions can be and are being taken to address it, the adequacy of securities market organizations' pandemic plans, and the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) oversight of these efforts. GAO reviewed relevant studies, regulatory guidance and examinations, interviewed telecommunications providers and financial market participants, and analyzed pandemic plans for seven critical market organizations. GAO recommends DHS begin planning to address Internet congestion and SEC better review market participants' plans. SEC agreed. DHS agreed to address potential congestion for national security and emergency communications, but not more broadly. GAO believes DHS should do more to address potential Internet congestion."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2009-10
• Combating Illicit Financing: Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Could Manage More Effectively to Achieve Its Mission, Report to the Committee on Finance, United States Senate

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  "In 2004, Congress combined preexisting and newly created units to form the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) within the Department of the Treasury (Treasury). TFI's mission is to integrate intelligence and enforcement functions to safeguard the financial system against illicit use and combat rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, and other national security threats. In the 5 years since TFI's creation, questioned have been raised about how TFI is managed and allocates its resources. As a result, GAO was asked to analyze how TFI implements its functions, particularly in collaboration with interagency partners, conducts strategic resource planning, and measures its performance. To conduct this analysis, GAO reviewed Treasury and TFI planning documents, performance reports, and workforce data, and interviewed officials from Treasury and its key interagency partners. GAO recommends, among other things, that the Secretary of the Treasury direct TFI to develop and implement mechanisms to improve interagency collaborative efforts, a process to improve strategic resource planning, and performance measures that exhibit the key attributes of successful performance measures. Treasury commented that it plans to redouble some current efforts and undertake some new efforts that address GAO's recommendations."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2009-10
• S. Rept. 111-23: FEMA Accountability Act of 2009, Report to Accompany S. 713, June 1, 2009

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  "The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 713) to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the abundance of surplus manufactured housing units stored by the Federal Government around the country at taxpayer expense, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass."

  United States. Congress. Senate

  2009-06-01
• Secretary Napolitano Announces Agreement with South Carolina to Fund State and Local Port Security Personnel [October 23, 2009]

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  "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham today announced an agreement between DHS and the state of South Carolina to use $800,000 in fiscal year 2009 homeland security grant funds to support state and local law enforcement personnel stationed at SeaHawk, a U.S. Coast Guard-led security initiative operating at the Port of Charleston. 'SeaHawk represents a critical partnership between federal, state and local law enforcement partners to share information and coordinate response.' said Secretary Napolitano. 'Today's announcement will enhance our capabilities to deter terrorists and other criminals. The Department looks forward to continuing to work with Senator Graham and the state of South Carolina to strengthen this partnership.'"

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office

  2009-10-23
• U.S. Virgin Islands: Profile of Drug Indicators

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  "The Office of National Drug Control Policy Information Clearinghouse compiled this profile using data from open sources. The Profile contains information on demographics, political figures, programs, crime, drug use, drug trafficking, and enforcement statistics."

  United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy

  2004-05
• Federal Bureau of Investigation's Foreign Language Translation Program

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  "The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) ability to translate foreign language material is critical to the FBI counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigations. Without accurate and timely translations, the FBI's ability to effectively investigate terrorist and criminal enterprises that communicate in a foreign language is significantly hampered. The FBI's Language Services Section (LSS) is responsible for overseeing the FBI's Foreign Language Program (FLP), including managing the FBI's translation efforts and the linguists who translate into English the vast amounts of foreign language material that the FBI collects. The LSS is also responsible for collecting and reporting data on the FBI's collection and review of material that is entirely in English. In fiscal year (FY) 2008 alone, the FBI collected 878,383 hours of foreign language and English only audio material, 1,610,091 pages of text, and 28,795,212 electronic files. In 2004 and 2005, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (DIG) completed audits of the FBI's foreign language translation operations. The 2004 audit found that the FBI had significant backlogs of unreviewed audio material awaiting translation that had been collected in its highest priority cases. Additionally, we found weaknesses within the FBI's FLP that hindered the FBI's ability to review and translate the counterterrorism and counterintelligence audio material it collected. In addition, the FBI did not consistently adhere to its standards for reviewing the work of its linguists."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General

  2009-10
• U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of the Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2008 - March 31, 2009

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  "This Semiannual reporting period marks an important milestone for the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) - the 20th anniversary of the creation of our office. The OIG began operations on April 14, 1989, with employees transferred from a variety of Department of Justice (Department) components. We have come a long way since that first day, expanding our jurisdiction throughout the Department, establishing seven Investigations Division field offices and seven Regional Audit offices throughout the country, building our Evaluation and Inspections Division, and creating an Oversight and Review Division to conduct special investigations and reviews. From our original workforce of about 300 employees in 1989, we have 35 'charter members' of the OIG who are still with us 20 years later."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General

  2009-04
• Fact Sheet: The Race to the Top [November 4, 2009]

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  "Providing a high-quality education to every young American is vital to the health of our nation's democracy and the strength of our nation's economy. In a 21st century world, education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity and success -- it is a prerequisite. The Obama Administration is committed to reforming America's public schools to provide every child access to a complete and competitive education. President Obama recently presented states with an unprecedented challenge and the opportunity to compete in a "Race to the Top" designed to spur systemic reform and embrace innovative approaches to teaching and learning in America's schools. [...] The Race to the Top emphasizes the following reform areas: Designing and implementing rigorous standards and high-quality assessments; Attracting and keeping great teachers and leaders in America's classrooms; Supporting data systems that inform decisions and improve instruction; Using innovation and effective approaches to turn-around struggling schools; Demonstrating and sustaining education reform."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2009-11-04
• Biometrics Glossary, Version 2.0

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  "This set of terms was developed by the National Science & Technology Council's (NSTC) Subcommittee on Biometrics with the full understanding that national (INCITS/M1) and international (ISO/IEC JTC1 SC37) standards bodies are working to develop standard references. The subcommittee will review this Glossary for consistency as standards are passed. The subcommittee recognizes the impact of ongoing challenge problems, technical evaluations, and technology advancements. The Glossary will be updated accordingly to reflect these changes. The statements herein are intended to further the understanding of a general audience and are not intended to replace or compete with sources that may be more technically descriptive/prescriptive."

  National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)

  2008-08-01
• Department of Homeland Security and Tohono O'odham Nation Announce Agreement to Develop Enhanced Tribal Card [November 3, 2009]

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  "The Department of Homeland Security and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona today formalized an agreement to develop a Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)-compliant Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC)--signed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Assistant Commissioner Thomas S. Winkowski and Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona Chairperson Ned Norris, Jr., in a ceremony in Washington. The ETC verifies tribal citizenship and identity for the purpose of entering the United States by land or sea--enhancing safety and security of U.S. borders while facilitating legitimate travel and trade. 'This agreement will strengthen safety along our borders while providing Tohono O'odham members a secure and standardized ID card,' said Secretary Napolitano. 'In the months ahead, we will continue to build upon these efforts--from secure identification to preparing for emergencies--with our tribal partners across the country.'"

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office

  2009-11-03