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
The tapes are new, the threat is not,
Protecting this information is critically important. Shut them down and you shut down America as we know it,
Our approach at this point is to think big but begin implementing on a small scale, ... We want to get it right.
More often than not we were the least inclined to raise it. Sometimes we disagreed with the intelligence assessment. Sometimes we thought even if the intelligence was good, you don't necessarily put the country on alert, There were times when the White House was really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?' We often lost the argument.
I am going to step back a little bit, breathe deeply and then decide.
I am saddened that this job is even necessary. But it is necessary. So I will give it everything I have. The task is enormous.
Celebrity or unknown, our job is to act on information that others have given us,
Bush is willing to tackle the tough issues -- the ones some leaders refuse to touch, ... Issues such as real education reform, national security and defense, preserving Social Security and restoring America's values to government.
Let us to do all we can to honor all those who rose up with resolve to defeat evil, who were released into the arms of angels to see the grateful face of God,
I can't imagine a better place to begin the renewal of America's purpose than the cradle of American democracy,
we're concerned about targets beyond these and are working to get more information about them.
All other systems failed, so they decided to use the Internet to create their own call centers. It shows the application of what you do to help our first responders.
It's pretty clear that we're just going to be ready.
There will always be more to do, but today, America is significantly stronger and safer than ever before,