Everyone knows about the attacks that occurred on September 11th‚ 2001 that scarred our nation. Many people lost family members‚ friends‚ and co-workers during these horrific attacks. The terrorist attacks took place in at the World Trade Center in New York City‚ at the Pentagon building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ and in a plane crash near Shanksville‚ Pennsylvania. The nation suffered a great loss on September 11th‚ 2001. After these life-taking terrorist attacks memorials were built for the families
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only provide advice to the president in situations regarding national security welfare‚ but they also are the successors to the presidency in case the president is compromised in some way. The U.S. Cabinet is made up of departments such as State‚ Justice‚ Housing and Urban Development‚ Health and Human Services‚ and Homeland Security. These cabinet members advise the president on everything from educational policies to terrorist threats to the conservation of national resources to foreign affairs
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The events leading up to the September 11‚ 2001 or 9/11 attack started way back in 1979 which is when the American Embassy in Iran is stormed by Iranians and embassy staff taken hostage. Then again in 1982 US Embassy in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists‚ and when US Marine base in Beirut is bombed by Muslim extremists. 1985‚ the ship the Achille lauro is seized by Muslim extremists and one US citizen is killed by them. 1986‚ a West German nightclub is bombed‚ killing an American‚ by Muslim extremists
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programs and activities in protecting America ’s borders from terrorist? Edwin Vasquezgaitan HSM 497 Homeland Security & Emergency Management Capstone Professor Robert Jackson March 16‚ 2015 After the attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States system went through a change in reforming government agencies to protect the American borders against any threats. The government established the Department of Homeland Security‚ which mission is to protect America borders against external
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the population to prevent terrorist attacks in United States. Some of these restrictions on people have raised concern about privacy and civil liberties of U.S citizens or in somehow get into the way of personal information and liberty. But‚ the question we need to ask ourselves is: Should we have more restriction on people to prevent terrorist attacks in United States even though it interfered with privacy and civil liberties? According to the article called “Paris Attacks Kill more than 100‚ Police
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during a Terrorist Attack: Coping with 9/11 by Rebuilding During the terrorists attacks of 9/11 many financial industries were particularly hard hit because of where the attack occurred. Cantor Fitzgerald (CF)‚ a bond trading firm was amongst the hardest hit by the attacks. This is because when the plane hit the tower where CF was located most of CF’s employees were trapped above the initial impact. This caused CF to lose a huge number of employees and the only brother to Howard Lutnik who was and
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September 11‚ 2001 the attack of on the Twin Towers. American Airline Flight 11 struck one of the towers early morning‚ destroying six floors instantly and people within the building are confused and have no idea what had happened. The building was engineered to withstand fires and smoke the smoke still mangoes to take over. On the floors above the impact the people with high level of authority were taking charge and asking other employees to look for people within the area‚ and making phone called
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protecting the people. The Department of Homeland Security was established in response to the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil on September 11‚ 2001. This attack sparked the nation and caused fear among citizens as well as opening eyes of the government to how much stronger the security level had to be in the country. U.S. officials began to reconstruct the Office of Homeland Security once they recognized their shortcomings. Eleven days after‚ following the attack‚ Tom Ridge was appointed from being
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by this act of parliament: Homeland security Act of 2002. It was created to consolidate the US executive branch agencies linked to the security of the homeland‚ into a one cabinet department. It resulted into partnership of 22 agencies into one new and autonomous department. After the investigations of 9/11‚ the republican government under the presidency of George W. Bush came up with measures to solve the shortcomings of national security
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2011 Norway Attacks The 2011 Norway attacks were two terrorist attacks committed one after another to the Norwegian government‚ civilian population and a youth run summer camp on the 22 July 2011‚ claiming the lives of 77 people. All by a lone terrorist‚ Anders Behring Breivik. The first was a car bomb explosion in Oslo within the executive government quarter of Norway. The explosion killed eight people and injured at least 209 people‚ twelve of them seriously. The second attack occurred less
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