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Impact from 9/11 still felt a decade later

...brought us together.Soon after the attacks, the U.S. government was transformed with the creation of the Homeland Security Department, the Transportation Security Administration, the National Counterterrorism Center and a slew of other centers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/national/2011-09-07/impact-911-still-felt-deca
Unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb threat investigated

...of an "active plot" around that date.The Homeland Security Department said the threat is credible and specific...on as planned, Bloomberg said.The FBI and Homeland Security Department issued a joint intelligence bulletin Thursday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-09-08/specific-unconfirmed-terror-
Is this really the America we want?

...houses of worship; flew our flags; sang patriotic songs; volunteered for the armed forces; and set up a Homeland Security Department to become more vigilant at our airports, shores and borders.Later, we created a war on terror that has...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/letters/2011-09-22/really-america-we-want
Americans rush to adopt orphaned Haitian children

...must also be determined whether the adoptive parents in the U.S. are qualified to adopt, she said. The Homeland Security Department, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services have created a team to work on the adoptions...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/21/nat_564117.shtml
National
US official: Violence in Haiti hindering aid work

...up to support operations in Haiti. Signed Saturday, the executive order permits the Defense Department and Homeland Security Department to tap reserve medical personnel and a Coast Guard unit that will help provide port security. More than 250...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/18/wor_563649.shtml
World
University of Georgia loses defemse lab bid

...to study biological threats such as anthrax and foot-and-mouth disease, officials said Wednesday. The Homeland Security Department's choice of Manhattan, in central Kansas, beat out intense competition from other sites in Georgia, Mississippi...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/12/04/met_502687.shtml
Metro
Terrorists plot to hit transit lines

...concerned about this long holiday weekend. FBI spokesman Richard Kolko confirmed only that his agency and the Homeland Security Department issued a bulletin Tuesday night to state and local authorities, and the information is being reviewed. Department...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/11/27/bus_501754.shtml
Business
Adams touts 'best year'

...the Navy Supply Corps School property and an announcement that UGA is one of five finalists for the U.S. Homeland Security Department's National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF). UGA has been building up expertise health and biomedical...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2008/01/18/met_180798.shtml
Metro
We need disaster relief

...Continuing audits have discovered billions in waste, fraud and misuse of taxpayer money. The latest report: The Homeland Security Department's office of the inspector general says FEMA awarded $3.6 billion in post-Katrina contracts to companies...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/05/07/edi_127346.shtml
Editorials
Draft citizenship test questions unveiled

...that is what they hope to achieve. Emilio Gonzalez, director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, a Homeland Security Department agency, said immigrants should know what they are swearing allegiance to when they take the oath of citizenship...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/12/01/met_106585.shtml
Metro