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by Phil Leggiere
 
Homeland security, resiliency linked to economic revitalization.

As the depth and magnitude of the global financial crisis becomes apparent, calls to retrench public spending can be expected to accelerate, regardless of which party controls Congress and the White House. Understandable as this reflex may be, there are also costs of not spending.

by Mickey McCarter
 

Charlie Allen outlines DHS plans for remainder of 2008

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Bush administration to release 17 detainees at Guantánamo Bay by the end of the week, the first such ruling in nearly seven years of legal disputes over the administration’s detention policies.

By Carola Hoyos in London

Almost half the members of the Opec oil cartel are considering an emergency meeting in Vienna next month as oil prices dropped to their lowest level in nearly a year.

WASHINGTON — A federal panel of policy makers and scientific experts urged a government-wide evaluation Tuesday of programs that sift through databases looking for clues on terrorism, to determine whether the programs are effective and legal.