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 think, based on the initiatives that we've announced today, that we can absorb that cost.
We think at the end of the day, a lot of this is going to be about turnout in the battleground states,
to date, there is no specific intelligence that tells us or indicates to us that the convention itself would be subject to an attack.
It all adds up to this: your country is ready, not waiting,
He is not one to parse. He has said he will serve out his term and that has not changed,
What he needs to understand is that the turnaround in Pennsylvania has everything to do with the people in Pennsylvania, and not the people on Pennsylvania Avenue,
We got very specific information regarding when and what flights. It didn't quite have the specificity with regard to the nature of the attack, but there was certainly enough credibility associated with the when and the where, the date and the flight
We're going to have an entry-exit system based on a machine-readable passport, so we'll be able to verify and validate they are who they claim to be,
We have to give people something to do.
We're going to continue the convoy of food and water, particularly water and ice, over the next several days, ... We are working with the state and local communities to determine the debris removal needs and we're prepared to do everything we can to accelerate that process.
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,
The president has given me an extraordinary opportunity to serve my country in this incredible period since September 11th, 2001.
The quality of this intelligence, based on multiple reporting streams in multiple locations, is rarely seen and is alarming in both the amount and specificity of the information,