President Creates Citizen Corps
President Bush announced the creation of a new Citizen Corps to engage citizens directly in improving homeland security. The Citizen Corps will implement of range of new initiatives to engage ordinary Americans in specific homeland security efforts in their own communities.

Visit citizencorps.gov to find out how you can serve the cause of freedom.

President Delivers State of the Union Address
In his State of the Union Address, President Bush committed our nation to achieving three great goals of our time: Winning the war on terrorism, strengthening protections of our homeland and revitalizing our economy and creating jobs.

View the State of the UnionListen Read about USA Freedom CorpsGo to the State of the Union web page

More Homeland Security News…

The Office of Homeland Security
The Office of Homeland Security is coordinating national strategy to strengthen protections against terrorist threats or attacks in the United States.

	Biography of Governor Tom Ridge
	Office Responsibilities
	Office of Homeland Security Executive Order
	New Counter-Terrorism and Cyberspace Security Positions
	What is the Office of Homeland Security?

	The United States has a 7500-mile land and air border shared with Canada and Mexico and an exclusive economic zone encompassing 3.4 million square miles. Each year, more than 500 million people are admitted into the United States, of which 330 million are non-citizens. On land, 11.2 million trucks and 2.2 million rail cars cross into the United States, while 7,500 foreign-flag ships make 51,000 calls in U.S. ports annually. There are over 1 million firefighters in the United States, of which approximately 750,000 are volunteers. Local police departments have an estimated 556,000 full-time employees including about 436,000 sworn law enforcement personnel. Sheriffs' offices reported about 291,000 full-time employees, including about 186,000 sworn officers. There are over 155,000 emergency medical technicians who are national registered.

 

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