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Homeland Security
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Noun1.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
Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA - an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC - a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
Secret Service, SS, United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS - the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
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Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to conduct homeland defense and civil support missions in the United States.
Homeland Defense: U.S. Northern Command Has Made Progress but Needs ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
According to the DOD Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support, released in June 2005, DOD should participate in homeland defense efforts in order to-- Improve national and international capabilities for homeland defense and homeland security: The broad range of threats posed by terrorists and other transnational actors has expanded our traditional concept of national security.
Bomb squads and EOD personnel: interoperability for homeland defense: ... by Larry, Dick A. / Army Logistician
Since 2002, the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (www.
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