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"Every time that phone rings, it's telemarketers," said Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner Ruth Ann Minner (born January 17 1935) is an American politician and businesswoman from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, two terms as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, and is the incumbent  about a secret homeland defense hotline that is supposed to ring only in the event of a national catastrophe. In response to governors' complaints, the Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
 has placed all the hotline numbers on the federal government's Do Not Call Registry Do Not Call Registry is the name of a list of personal phone numbers that are off limits to telemarketers in North America.
  • Canadian Do Not Call List
  • United States National Do Not Call Registry
Similar agencies exist in other countries:
, Delawareonline.com reports.
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Title Annotation:Ruth Ann Minner places all hotline numbers in Do Not Call Registry
Publication:The Progressive
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Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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