"Streamlining" homeland security. (Insider Report).The Washington Post reported on January 27th that the Pentagon is considering placing a four-star military officer in charge of troops to defend the American homeland, as part of the effort to improve homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . Concerned at the alleged inefficiency of having military air, land, and sea patrols defending the homeland under separate chains of command, military brass now favor "streamlining" homeland security operations. "All the chiefs and CINCs have seen the plan and have signed on to it, although it has not yet been briefed to the president," the Post quoted one senior military officer as saying. An Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. report the same day indicated that Vice President Dick Cheney supported the idea of a unified homeland military command. Cheney said that future terrorist attacks could create a situation "that clearly is going to require military involvement to deal with the consequences." Cheney further elaborated that "in a major crisis in the U.S., ... an organization that's got uniformed troops, people who will follow orders, medical facilities, transportation capabilities, et cetera ET CETERA. A Latin phrase, which has been adopted into English; it signifies. "and the others, and so of the rest," it is commonly abbreviated, &c. 2. Formerly the pleader was required to be very particular in making his defence. (q.v. , is the U.S. military. And you would want to mobilize those forces to help deal with a crisis." Interestingly, President Clinton proposed a similar idea back in early 1999, a "Homelands Defense Command," described at the time by journalist Robert Windrem of NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. as "a joint task force under a four-star general." The idea never got off the ground, because Clinton, in the middle of an impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. trial, had squandered squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. his political capital. Moreover, many were repelled by the idea of setting up a permanent military force to patrol U.S. soil. Yet exactly three years later, a more popular president is promoting an identical proposal. What a difference a crisis makes! |
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