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    Homeland Security Integrative Project Leone‚ Tom-James June 11‚ 2013 Abstract Having well-developed protocols on issues of security‚ as well as utilizing such well-developed protocols as part of a strategy in attending to security issues‚ and periodically reviewing such utilized security protocols as time passes-by in order to increase efficiency is the most enduring way to keep enriching the practices of ‚ and in strengthening US homeland security. Due to lack of a single security

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    American Citizens during Hurricane Katrina. (10191108) Throughout the countries brief‚ yet eventful History there has been many recorded incidents of black oppression in the United States of America. A nation built on the notion that all men are created equal. However‚ this is not a view shared by a large number of the African American population‚ past or present. A prime example of this is the aftermath and controversial treatment given to many in the wake of Hurricane Katrina‚ one of the deadliest

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    2.) One of the events prior to 9/11 that I believe also significantly contributed to shaping homeland security in the present was the Cold War. The differences between the Cold War and the War on Terror were of course the time‚ the place‚ and the people who were involved but the main difference were the cause of each war. The U.S. got involved with Korea and Vietnam because the US wanted to stop the spread of communism coming from countries like the U.S.S.R. The US declared war against Afghanistan

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    Dream According to Homeland Security‚ there were a total of 1‚107‚126 immigrants in just the year of 2008‚ which came to America and became local citizens. I would like to think these numbers are so high is because there are many opportunities and ways to achieve them. The most outstanding reason for these large numbers of immigrants though‚ is because of the infamous American Dream. The American Dream in my opinion is the balance between what we need‚ how much we want‚ and what we are willing to

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    The two metropolitan areas that I have selected are New Orleans my hometown where I was born and raised before hurricane Katrina and Corpus Christi‚ Texas my new hometown where I have resided at since hurricane Katrina. The Criminal Offense for New Orleans and for Corpus Christi‚ Texas is Property Crime. In 2005 the city of New Orleans held 463‚072 people. And now its five years after hurricane Katrina and there are 343‚829 people living in the still-recovering city. In racial breakdown

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    20‚ February 2013 Keeping the Faith Is there a certain date that has forever impacted your life and you will never forget? For me‚ that date is August 29‚ 2005 (the dreadful day Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States and mainly the city of New Orleans). What was once thought of a few days before as a non-threatening storm would forever change the lives of hundreds of thousands of people forever. My grandma‚ being one of those people. Through

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    CJUS254-1404-01: Introduction to Homeland Security Professor Sinan Khan November 10‚ 2014 The Department of Homeland Security as a whole is responsible for securing our nation and ensuring the safety of all the citizens that make the United States its home. This mission has become more important since the September 2011 attacks that brought this nation into a devastating period. It was after these attacks that we found kinks in the system that we used prior to these events‚ from the way

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    the Katrina hit my home town in New Orleans. After the catastrophic incident‚ it was obvious that we needed more help than we were getting. I am a driver of a 15 passenger that belongs to my church. My church made the van available and was also willing to provide supplies to help the relief victims. 2nd September‚ it was completely impossible to communicate. I left a message at catholic social services that my church had a van and was willing to provide some vital supplies to help the Katrina victims

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    Orleans’s Recovery After Hurricane Katrina‚” Campbell Robertson (2015) portrays the racially separate views of New Orleans’s healing process after the hurricane Katrina was hit in 2005. A recent survey taken of the residents of New Orleans shows a racial difference in the view of the recovery from the hurricane Katrina. About 4 out 5 residents that are white believes that the city has recoiled from the damages while nearly 3 out 5 blacks say otherwise. Hurricane Katrina caused about 1‚800 deaths

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    Strategy Military historians have long fought over a precise definition for the “catch all” term known as “Strategy”. There has not been a consensus on how the term should be defined‚ but in terms of warfare in the 20th century‚ a good definition and the one that will be used for this paper defines strategy as “the development‚ intellectual mastery‚ and utilization of all of the state’s resources for the purpose of implementing its policy in war.” This definition is used because it covers the aspects

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