Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoffis an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama, and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth28 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
Then first stage is, of course, life saving, ... We've made a lot of progress in that respect.
This practice acts as an enticement for additional border crossers, ... It's unacceptable.
This is a picture that is improving but we have a lot more work to do,
This is a system in desperate need, ... and people are rightly upset and distressed.
This is a system desperately in need of repair,
This is really one which I think was breathtaking in its surprise,
This is probably the worst catastrophe, or set of catastrophes certainly that I'm aware of in the history of the country. It was a devastating hurricane followed by a devastating flood,
The way that emergency operations act under the law is the responsibility and the power, the authority, to order an evacuation rests with state and local officials. The federal government comes in and supports those officials.
Our department must drive improvement with a sense of urgency. . . . We as a department must be nimble and decisive, ... We will be straightforward. If something goes wrong, we will not only acknowledge it, we will correct it.
Federal, state and local resources have been fully mobilized,
FEMA is moving supplies and equipment into the hardest hit areas as quickly as possible,
FEMA has better resources and ... it brings more to the table now than it did in the previous five, six, seven years.
There's no question that with the addition of National Guard and regular troops we've secured the city,
There's no question that at least a medium-term, if not a long-term, challenge is for us to settle on a final location for the department.