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Homeland Security chief warns that for Napolitano, tough job awaits (12 News Phoenix) WASHINGTON - Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that his likely successor, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, will inherit an improving immigration situation but also will face smarter terrorists increasingly bent on using major high-tech weapons. us.rd.yahoo.com
Homeland Security picks K-State for biodefense lab (The Business Journal of Kansas City) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has selected Kansas State University as the site of National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, according to U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. us.rd.yahoo.com
Homeland Security recommends Manhattan for NBAF (49 ABC News Topeka) It looks like Kansas will be home to a new $450 million National Agro and Bio-defense facility. The news trickled out of Washington today that Manhattan is the Department of Homeland Security's choice, over stiff competition from Texas, North Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. us.rd.yahoo.com
Homeland Security providing grants to nonprofits (Austin Business Journal) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the availability of $15 million nationally towards nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack. Local grant applications will be coordinated through the Austin Urban Area Security Initiative and the Governor’s Division of Emergency Management will administer the program in Texas. us.rd.yahoo.com
Homeland Security picks K-State for biodefense lab (BizJournals) Kansas State University soon be home to the new National Biological and Agricultural Defense Facility, which will research ways of protecting citizens and animals from the threat of disease. us.rd.yahoo.com
Napolitano to be named as homeland security pick Monday (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix) A Democratic official says President-elect Barack Obama plans to name his picks for U.N. ambassador, attorney general and homeland security secretary at a news conference Monday. us.rd.yahoo.com
Kansas Wins Competition For Federal Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - Kansas was chosen by the Homeland Security Department as the site of a new $450 million federal laboratory to study livestock diseases and other biological threats, following a three-year competition with Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Texas. us.rd.yahoo.com
Homeland security nominee is tough on immigration (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) WASHINGTON — Few people have been closer to the center of the debate over illegal immigration than Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, the top Democrat in a conservative state with little sympathy for illegal immigrants. us.rd.yahoo.com
Napolitano to inherit improving immigration, new terrorist threats (Tucson Citizen) WASHINGTON - Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday his likely successor, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, will inherit an improving immigration situation but will face smarter terrorists increasingly bent on using mass destruction weapons. us.rd.yahoo.com
Secretary Chertoff's Remarks at Christian Science Monitor Breakfast (Department of Homeland Security) Secretary Chertoff's remarks at the Christian Science Monitor breakfast on December 3, 2008 highlighted President Bush’s legacy on homeland security and provided an update on the state of the Department and transition efforts. us.rd.yahoo.com
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