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Obama Keeps Tough Immigration Policies Despite Promise To Break From Bush

The New York Times | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: E-Verify, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Obama Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Hispanics, La Raza, John McCain, Politics News

After early pledges by President Obama that he would moderate the Bush administration's tough policy on immigration enforcement, his administration is...

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Con Games: Homeland Infirmity

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration, Hurricane Katrina, Coast Guard, Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, Politics News
Michael Conniff

There is the real possibility that the Homeland Security Department will miss the necessary clues because they had more important things to do -- like prepare for the next hurricane.

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Ideological Purity and the Debate over "National ID"

Leslie Harris | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nation Id, Pass Id Act, Department of Homeland Security, Civil Liberties, Real Id Act, Janet Napolitano, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The debate over a "national" ID standard has touched off a fierce debate in the civil liberties community, the outcome of which could have serious implications for Americans' privacy.

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Napolitano To Unveil New Antiterror Plans

Wall Street Journal | Cam Simpson | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Antiterror Plans, Janet Napolitano, Terrorism, Politics News

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is expected to outline Wednesday the Obama administration's domestic approach to preventing terrorist att...

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Color-Coded Terror Alert System May Be Replaced By Obama Administration

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Color-Coded Terror Code, Terror Warnings, Terror Code, Homeland Security, Homeland Security Terror Warnings, Janet Napolitano, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun a review that could spell the end of the color-coded terrorism advisories, long derided by late ...

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Obama Revives Bush Plan To Seek Out Illegal Workers

The Washington Post | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Dhs, Bush, Jeff Sessions, Social Security, Obama Immigration, President Obama, George W. Bush, Immigration, Immigrants, Obama, Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Workers, Politics News

President Obama will abandon a controversial immigration crackdown, sought by his predecessor, to pressure U.S. companies to fire 9 million workers wi...

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20,000 American Guns Trafficked to Mexican Criminals

Paul Helmke | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homeland Security, Eliot Engel, Assault Weapons, Gun Trafficking, Gun Control, Mexico, Joe Biden, Guns, Illegal Guns, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Gao, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News
Paul Helmke

With 20,000 illegal guns from America recovered at crime scenes in Mexico over the last five years, there is no excuse for Congress and the President not to take steps now to close the gun show loophole.

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Far-Right Terror Attack Feared By UK Police, Mirroring Similar Warning By DHS in US

Guardian | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Right Wing DHS Report, Scotland Yard, Far Right, United Kingdom, Terrorism, Janet Napolitano, Foreign Affairs, England, Right Wing, Far-Right Fundamentalism, Far-Right Terror, Right-Wing Extremism, Advocacy, World News

Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command fears the extreme right will stage a deadly terrorist attack in Britain to try to stoke racial tensions, the...

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Facts Are Stubborn Things -- So Why Is Napolitano Still Knocking the DHS Extremist Report?

Frank Naif | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Right Wing DHS Report, Intelligence, Politicization, Right Wing Extremism, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Dhs Report, Domestic Terrorism, Dhs, Minutemen, Right-Wing Extremism, Politics News
Frank Naif

Postulating that a latter-day McVeigh or Rudolph is lurking somewhere in America is not an ideologically-driven leap of logic, it's good old-fashioned intelligence analysis.

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Pentagon, DHS Divided On Military's Role at Border

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Janet Napolitano, Military, Department of Homeland Security Report, US Military, Pentago, Obama, War on Drugs, Robert Gates, Politics News

A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Penta...

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For the Love of Blogging

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Scientific Claims, Karl Rove, Singled Out, Pay, Books, Msm, Matrimania, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Media, Singles, Myths, Atlantic Magazine, Tucker Carlson, Happiness, Consciousness-Raising, Marriage, Ed Rendell, Singlism, Susan Boyle, Snark, Health, Janet Napolitano, Comments on Blogs, Blogging, Media News
Bella DePaulo

When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.

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Jane Harman: Napolitano Should Kill Spy Satellite Office

Politico | GLENN THRUSH | | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Jane Harman and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are old friends, but that isn't stopping Harman from calling out Napolitano for slow...

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Jason Linkins

Fox News Reporter: Scandalized DHS Report Needs Second Look

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Department of Homeland Security, Holocaust Museum Shooting, Holocaust Museum Attack, Janet Napolitano, Holocaust Museum Terrorism, Domestic Terrorists, Domestic Terrorism, Media News

Nine days ago, I joined Greg Sargent in wondering if the murder of George Tiller should prompt a "second look" at the DHS report on homegrown right-wi...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stigma, Mental Health, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Penn State University, Air Force, War in Iraq, Veterans, Department of Homeland Security, Iraq War, U.S. Coast Guard, Marines, Army, Janet Napolitano, Department of Veterans Affairs, Defense Department, US Navy, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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Jason Linkins

George Tiller Murder Prompts Second Look At Scandalized DHS Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, George Tiller, Domestic Terrorists, George Tiller Killed, Janet Napolitano, George Tiller Murder, Domestic Terrorism, Politics News

In the wake of the murder of Dr. George Tiller, The Plum Line's Greg Sargent is making a lot of sense: You may recall the enormous controversy that e...

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White House Pet Correspondent Lucky Sees Stars & Stripes!

Wendy Diamond | Posted 06.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Val Kilmer, White House Correspondant Dinner, David Gregory, Madeline Albright, 50 Cent, Chanel, Bo Obama, Animal Fair, Karl Shaughnessy, Petsmart, Chace Crawford, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Denise Shaughnessy, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, Blake Lively, Design on a Dime, Ty Pennington, Pat Buchanan, Rick Ocasek, Wendy Diamond, John McLaughlin, Tammy Haddad, McLaughlin Group, Lucky Diamond, Jon Favreau, Gipper, Jaclyn Smith, Christina McLaughlin, David Adler, Rahm Emanuel, Janet Napolitano, David Axelrod, Ronald Regan, Paulina Porizkova, Twinkle, Penny, Ella, Elizabeth, Tank, Ralphie, Bird, Diddley, Barbra Streisand, Kate, Coltrane, Iams, Living News
Wendy Diamond

With all the presidential advice Lucky received this past weekend from the above-mentioned, she is well on her way to being appointed White House Pet Correspondent to Bo Obama.

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Obama's Shortlist For Supreme Court: Napolitano Added

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Obama Supreme Court, Janet Napolitano, Supreme Court, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Scotus, Janet Napolitano Supreme Court, Politics News

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is now being added to President Obama's shortlist as David Souter's replacement on the Supreme Court, acc...

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Swine Flu: Napolitano Says Border Tightening Not Necessary

AP | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday the policy of passive surveillance for swine flu at U.S. airports and lan...

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Swine Flu Press Conference (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration is holding a press conference to discuss measures the U.S. is taking to combat the outbreak of swine flu. Watch it live belo...

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Homeland Secretary Napolitano Apologizes To Veterans Group For Extremism Report

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano met with the American Legion on Friday to apologize for a right-wing extremism report ...

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Napolitano Splits GOP; Leaders Not Calling For Resignation

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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The White House and senior lawmakers on both sides of the aisle defended Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday as a cadre of Republ...

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Napolitano Resignation Demanded By Some House Republicans

The Hill | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Conservative House Republicans are calling on their leaders to ask President Obama for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's resignation. ...

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Con Games: Conservatives Tea It Up on Tox News

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Tax Day Tea Party, Bailout, Economy, Terrorism, Andrew Napolitano, Janet Napolitano, Tax Day Tea Parties, Economic Crisis, Fox News, Tea Party, Fox News Channel, Media News
Michael Conniff

The conservative pot must be stirred and their anger about pretty much everything, seasoned to the taste.

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Bobby Jindal and the Soft Bigotry of Good Intentions

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Guantanamo, Louisiana Governor, Bobby Jindal, Janet Napolitano, Guantanamo Detainees, President Obama, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Heather Robinson

The defense of our President's good intentions when no one is attacking them is unnecessary. The problem is, good intentions do not equal sensible policy.

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News
Jon Soltz

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

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