Discuss the challenges the United States faces with regard to homeland security as revealed by significant reports that analyzed the concerns. Identify a common theme that threads among these challenges that relates to the effectiveness and efficiency of the U.S. government.
What will be an ideal response?
Challenges identified by reports such as the 9/11 Commission report and the GAO report include lack of coordination of response, multiple and duplicative federal agencies under the Homeland Security department, lack of efficiency of investments (tendency to spend money on pork-barrel projects, overemphasis on transportation), and ineffective response to massive events (Hurricane Katrina). Other concerns relate to the extremely broad mission of Homeland Security and the challenge to coordinate all of the activities under one roof.
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What issue is at the forefront of the contemporary religious conservative movement?
a. civil rights movement b. labor movement c. antiglobalization movement d. pro-life movement
The comparison between North Vietnam, which lost a million people during the war, versus the United States, which lost 58,000 people, represents the
a. relative sensitivity to casualties. b. value placed on human life in Vietnam. c. changing nature of collateral damage. d. different views of deterrence.
NATO actions against Libya's Gadaffi regime reinforced global acceptance of the necessity of ____________
Fill in the blank with correct word