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    Securing the Homeland Introduction The security of the United States and living without being under a constant threat should be very important to all citizens and those who visit this country. The research revealed some interesting facts‚ it is impossible to secure every commercial building‚ airport‚ bridge‚ bypass‚ and government building. One element of the security is that terrorists will not have the ability to attack every place in the United States. However‚ everything is a possible target

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    Throughout history we did not have the department of homeland security. The department of homeland security was created in 2002 because of all the terrorist attacks happening in and so close to our home land. The president and congress made it very clear that we needed to focus on protecting this countries vulnerabilities and protecting it against future attacks. Homeland security focuses more on protecting the key operational responsibilities that specialized in securing the nations perimeter and

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    Homeland Security When we pause to think about all that has happened in years past‚ we truly are lucky. The purpose of this paper is to define and give detailed information about Homeland Security in the United States. I hope to inform people as to why we constantly live in fear. I will give detailed information about what the government is doing to solve this problem. Also I will give possible solutions to our current predicament‚ based on extensive research and knowledge. Homeland Security

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    A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well

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    States there have been approximately sixty-five-hundred deaths incurred from hurricanes when taking into consideration only the top twenty deadliest. The numbers are incredibly difficult to verify when trying to account for a cumulative total and become especially staggering if taking into consideration the more than sixteen-hundred lives lost just last year in Hurricane Katrina‚ which was the second deadliest hurricane known to the United States. (source 5) While death tolls are obviously the worst

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    Paper CJ355-01 Homeland Security: Research and Analysis Paper Dion Thompson Kaplan University Professor Tina Mainwaring CJ355-01 Homeland Security June 11‚ 2013 Hurricane Katrina was the largest and third strongest hurricane ever to be recorded to make landfall in the United States (dosomething.org). The final death toll of Hurricane Katrina was a staggering 1‚836‚ mainly from the state of Louisiana and 238 people killed in Mississippi (dosomething.org). Hurricane Katrina caused $81 billion

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    HOMELAND SECURITY

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    Emergency Management is defined and mandated in different levels of government federal‚ state and local emergency management planning in security today faces many critical obstacles‚ such as an imbalance of focus between levels of security such as homeland security‚ FBI and the CIA and including private and public sector security and natural disaster management‚ the challenge of involving the public in preparedness planning‚ the lack of an effective partnership with the business community‚ cuts

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    Since 9/11‚ terrorism has become a priority for law enforcement and military personnel in the United States. Even more importantly‚ it has turned into a "War on Terrorism." September 11th was the worst terrorist attack ever on the United States. Therefore‚ our government officials responded in the only way that felt suitable‚ attacking terrorism. The group responsible for the events of 9/11 is called the Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda is one of the most well known terrorist groups in the world. Because

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    What happened before the hurricane? The tropical misery which transformed into Hurricane Katrina‚ constructed over Bahamas on August 23‚2005‚ and the weather predictors soon had the ability to warned people living amongst the Gulf Coast region‚ that a large storm is on its way. By the time August the 28th had hit evacuations were under way through out the Gulf of the United States. That same day National Weather predictors predicted after the storm the majority of the Gulf Coast would be unsafe

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    On August 23‚ 2005‚ Katrina was formed merely as a tropical storm that the people of the United States thought wouldn’t do any damage. On August 28‚ 2005‚ cities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi started to demand a mandatory evacuation‚ but numerous people were stranded with no form of transportation or anywhere to go. Thousands were left waiting to see if Katrina would really strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day‚ the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm

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