Eisenhower would have been 'appalled'. (Security Beat).President Dwight D. Eisenhower would have been appalled at how the 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 argument has turned into a partisan debate, said David Gergen David Richmond Gergen (born May 9, 1942) was a political consultant and presidential advisor during the Republican administrations of Nixon, Ford, and Reagan. He was also a campaign staffer for George H.W. Bush's 1980 presidential campaign. , a political analyst who was an advisor to four presidents. Most recently, discussions about the creation of a homeland security department There were gaps in the U.S. system for detecting and deterring terrorist acts in the homeland. That became clear September 11, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security is the george w. bush administration's plug for those gaps. stalled because of party disagreements about giving civil service protection to agency employees. "As a result of 9/11, the message from the public is that they don't want partisanship," said Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. "These homeland security employees will not be working at Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS or the Social Security Administration. They should be treated as national security employees, with a different set of civil service rules. That is such an obvious way out of this impasse," Gergen said. |
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