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
to start sealing up their doors or ... windows.
Biometrics not only accurately identifies and cross-checks travelers and potential terrorists before they enter our countries, but they also provide increased travel document security and important personal identity protections.
Be wary and be mindful, ... Let's make sure that every individual citizen who sees something suspicious reports it,
We have 90 days to get things ready to open the front door,
Every step of the way we've made aviation more secure, but we're still not where we need to be,
Every single day since September 11, we've made ourselves safer, stronger and more secure, ... We still have a lot of work left to do. We're making progress every day.
As the world community combats terrorism ... you're going to see more and more countries going to a form of biometric identification to confirm identities,
do all we can to honor those who rose up with resolve to defeat evil.
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,
This is something we've waited for, planned for a year and it feels real good to be under way. Right now, people feel good about the warm hospitality Philadelphia has extended, and I'm pretty excited about the positive tone Gov. Bush has set.
This enforcement action represents an outstanding example of international cooperation in disrupting the proliferation of radiological material,
Some people have questioned, 'well, you put us on a general alert a couple of weeks ago and nothing happened,' ... This war on terrorism is going to continue for an indefinite period of time, and from time to time we may issue the same general alert again.
The bottom line is they were going after a national icon, and if you struck one or the other, the horror, the death and destruction, coupled with the notion of vulnerability to either the executive or legislative branch, would have accomplished their means of adding another level of anxiety or fear in this country.