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Harvey aftermath hits a third of US oil refineries
...North Carolina governor Roy Cooper on Thursday declared a state of emergency which will allow petrol to move through the state more quickly in response to delivery problems....
September 1, 2017
US politics & policy
Houston hit by ‘catastrophic’ flooding as Harvey crosses Texas
...FEMA deployed 1,800 staff, as security forces in the area were bolstered by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense....
August 28, 2017
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award
Extracts from the 2013 shortlist
...Born in Lyon in 1942, during the German occupation of his homeland, the ECB president grew up in a country rebuilding after the devastations of occupation and war....
October 16, 2013
US states of emergency
US Department of Justice statement
...The Drug Enforcement Administration; the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations; the U.S....
January 20, 2011
The World blogLondon fights for its future
Japan’s earthquake
...Earlier, President Barack Obama was briefed by his homeland security and emergency management advisors....
March 11, 2011
Climate change
Speech: The State of the Union
...We have made substantial investments in our homeland security and disrupted plots that threatened to take American lives....
January 28, 2010
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
News in-depthClimate change
Why little chance is left for Bush presidency
...For example, significant hearings have been held on the creation of the gargantuan homeland security department (and the influence-peddling criteria by which it has been allocating anti-terrorism funds across...
March 25, 2007
World
Poor Katrina response “was a failure by leaders”
...The Senate homeland security committee, whose leaders were instrumental in the creation of the Department of Homeland Security following the September 11 terrorist attacks, called for the dismantling of...
April 27, 2006
World
Katrina fury prompts changes at Fema
...In separate congressional testimony on Monday, the independent General Accountability Office and the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector-general, its internal watchdog, said hundreds of millions...
February 13, 2006
Terrorism
Accusations start to fly despite calls for restraint
...Michael Chertoff, head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Bill Clinton, former president, have both said this would detract from the rescue effort....
September 5, 2005
Terrorism
US military joins hurricane relief operation
...“There is nothing in New Orleans that will sustain them,” said Lieutenant Kevin Cowan, a spokesman for the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness....
August 31, 2005
World
US braced for huge hurricane death toll
...Art Jones, a senior official with the Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said the state police and National Guard had no plans to engage in a forced evacuation. ”We personally...
September 8, 2005
World
Cuts to flood protection funds questioned
...Eric Holdeman, director of the King County office of emergency management in Washington state, the coastal region that lies on a major earthquake fault, said the federal government’s intense focus on terrorism-related...
September 1, 2005
World
Who said what
...Kathleen Tierney, author of Facing the Unexpected: Disaster Preparedness and Response in the United States....
September 7, 2005
World
Amity Shlaes: Bush has learnt to ride the storm
...In addition to its old Federal Emergency Management Agency, it created the Office of Homeland Security to co-ordinate local, state and federal responses....
September 1, 2005
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
World
Anti-war campaigners draw strength from Katrina
...Mr Bush was praised for his handling of the 9/11 terror attacks, but the frenzied period after the hurricane raised questions about the progress made on disaster preparedness and homeland security since...
September 23, 2005
News in-depthThe Big Read
Katrina leaves no external enemy to blame
...Yet More hopefully for the president, Kathleen Blanco, the Democratic Louisiana state governor, is also under fire, accused of inadequate preparations and not inviting federal troops into the state soon...
September 5, 2005
World
Military occupation turns New Orleans into war zone
...Colonel Terry Ebbert, director of the New Orleans office of Homeland Security, was quoted in the New York Times on Monday as saying that he thought there were fewer than 1,000 residents left in the city...
September 6, 2005
Middle East protests
Tragic costs of Bush’s Iraq obsession
...Last month, the Democratic governors of Arizona and New Mexico asked for federal disaster relief to help them deal with border chaos.Tom Ridge, Bush’s then-Homeland Security director, remarked: “The notion...
September 5, 2005
US states of emergency
Thompson steps down as US health secretary
...DHS consists of 22 different agencies responsible for border security, emergency preparedness and anti-terror initiatives....
December 3, 2004

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