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Homeland Security
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Homeland Security Department Following the events on September 11th, we as a country came to the realization that despite being the worlds most powerful country, we are still just as vulnerable to foreign attacks as any other nation. President Bush took it upon himself to make sure our nation would not be the target for another attack. President Bush announced in an address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001 that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge will serve as the president's Assistant for the Office of Homeland Security. On October 8, 2001, President Bush set up a Homeland Security Office that would see former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge appointed as the new Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Ridge was only appointed the Assistant to the President because Bush wanted the Homeland Security Office within the White House so that he could have full control over it. Tom Ridge was elected to the position because for a various number of reasons. He has a background in the military, as he served in Vietnam in the late sixty’s and early seventy’s. His father was also in the Navy. Ridge served 12 years in Congress and two terms as Pennsylvania's governor. One item he was noted for while governor was his crackdown on crime and weapons. He passed many bills including one requiring trigger locks on guns and another making it a felony for convicted felons to possess guns. In addition to this, the Ridge and Bush families are personal friends who have known each other for years, so there is a strong level of trust between the two men. President Bush signed the Homeland Security bill into law on November 25, 2001. The Senate and the House approved the bill in the same week, both by a very convincing vote. In the bill, the President stated that he wanted Congress to give the Homeland Security Department $37.45 billion for the 2003 fiscal year. Eliminating certain flaws in the make up of the current homeland security can finance the money according to Bush.
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