Tom Ridge
Tom Ridge
Thomas Joseph "Tom" Ridgeis an American politician who served as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003, and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. Prior to this, Ridge was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 and the 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1945
CityMunhall, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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We do recommend that individuals and families in the days ahead take some time to prepare for emergency,
We are struggling to make sense of what appears to be yet another brutal racist rampage,
We'll want them to pull in all that information and sort it out between rumor and suspicion and fact and speculation and misinformation and do an assessment, do an analysis and then communicate it -- if it's a real threat -- communicate that to state and local governments,
We have more protective measures in place at yellow today than we did six months or a year ago, ... And there will be more put in place on a day-to-day basis every single day, for as long as the department exists.
might require an added level of protection, an added layer of safety.
will be a president we can respect and we can trust.
While your government is doing everything it can to prevent an attack, citizens also should know what to do, ... Because in the end, being prepared, knowing what to do, can and will save lives.
We'll be ready to answer every danger and every enemy that threatens the American people.
We realize that's a vulnerability that could be exploited with potentially catastrophic consequences,
I think Gov. Bush, with his record in Texas and with good support from the Republican Party here and his message, I think he can win regardless of who's number two,
Maybe that's very much the reason that you'd be worried about it, because you hadn't seen it before,
We know they have the capability to succeed and they also hold the mistaken belief that their attacks will have an impact on America's resolve,
We can be afraid or we can be ready,