Office of Management and Budget

By Luehman, James G.

Book Id: WPLBN0000675141
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 0.1 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Office of Management and Budget
Author:	Luehman, James G.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Political science., White House Administrative Office (U.S.)
Collections:	Government Library Collection, White House ePublication Collection
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Publisher:	White House Epublication


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Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Terrorists today can strike at any place, at any time, and with virtually any weapon. This is a permanent condition and these new threats require our country to design a new homeland security structure. The United States faced an enormous threat during the Cold War. We created a national security strategy to deter and defeat the organized military forces of the Soviet bloc. We emerged victorious from this dangerous period in our history because we organized our national security institutions and prepared ourselves to meet the threat arrayed against us. The United States is under attack from a new kind of enemy ? one that hopes to employ terror against innocent civilians to undermine their confidence in our institutions and our way of life. Once again we must organize and prepare ourselves to meet a new and dangerous threat. Careful study of the current structure ? coupled with the experience gained since September 11 and new information we have learned about our enemies while fighting a war ? has led the President to conclude that our nation needs a more robust and unified homeland security structure.