One main reason that a Homeland Security Assessment needs to be conducted for an organization is to protect their infrastructure. The need for this assessment would be more crucial if an organization was identified as a high risk of being a potential target. Organizations that would fall under this umbrella would include but are not limited to “sea and water ports‚ airports‚ gas pipelines‚ sewer and power plants as well as biological or chemical facilities” (Fisher‚ 2014). In this day and time‚ we
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The Homeland Security Bill enacted in 2003 was established in results of the devastation caused by the attacks on the home front in September 11‚ 2001. After this tragic event‚ President George W. Bush wanted to establish a collaborative team which included 22 existing agencies that work as a preventive force to help with the minimization of terrorist attacks and activities. This team would be used to respond to all domestic emergency situations which include‚ but are not limited to terrorist occurrences
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1. Homeland Security as Defined by Various U.S. National Security Strategies and Policies The concept of homeland security is not new; since the bloody birth of the United States in 1776‚ Americans have been engaged in securing and defending the homeland. However‚ the current manifestation of the expression Homeland Security was created in the crucible of modern terrorist attacks‚ most notably that of September 11‚ 2001. As Noftsinger‚ Newbold‚ and Wheeler (2007) note‚ today’s idea of homeland security
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Evolution of Homeland security The evolution of Homeland security started in September 11‚ 2011. When terrorist took control of 4 flights in the United States and planed to kill millions of lives including their own lives. Everyone knows this day as 9/11. When ex-president George W. Bush created the Department of Homeland Security act of 2002. There were 22 agencies that were inherited into the DHS and three agencies that were not included in the DHS. The agencies that make up part of
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Cabinet members not 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
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Homeland Security‚ Homeland Defense‚ National Security‚ and Emergency Management all have some relation to one another. Each of these terms plays a role within the Homeland Security role. Although they have different leader officials they have the same role. Their role is to protect and serve the nation to its highest ability. When you say protect and serve you think of military but its more than just military officials. These terms are similar in many ways and different. Below I will identify
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the rivalry between the superpowers were responsible for worsening and prolonging the regional conflicts. The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It started in the mid 40’s after WWII had left Europe in shambles and USSR and US in superpower positions. The Cold War was a clash of these superpowers in political‚ ideological‚ security‚ and economic values and ideas. It caused a bipolar system in the world where there were two dominant powers
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Britain‚ the United States‚ and France. The united nations is built off of the principle of collective security. Collective security is supposed to prevent future conflicts that will happen. Collective security is used so if a nation attacks another nations everyone should help the nation being attacked to prevent a war. The Cold War has many examples of foreign policy within it. After World War II America thought that the best defense against the soviet union was containment. The containment strategy
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The Effects of the Cold War on the Americas For nearly fifty years‚ the world lived in fear as two super-power nations quietly battled for power‚ respect and popularity of their respective political views. The Cold War arose out of the ashes of the failed alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II. Many different factors could be linked to the actual cause of the Cold War‚ however many agree that the political future of Eastern Europe was the major spark that ignited
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The end of WWII brought profound happiness to the hearts of the people whose lives were affected by the war. Hitler had committed suicide‚ and the cruel horrors of the Holocaust were finally over. Though Europe was tired of fighting‚ a new conflict soon spread farther from Europe‚ to affect the whole world. The Soviet Union and the United States went head to head‚ in a silent struggle over political difference‚ mainly the spread of communism. From 1945 till the collapse of the U.S.S.R.‚ the United
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