Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoffis an American attorney who was the second United States Secretary of Homeland Security under Presidents George W. Bush andBarack Obama, and co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act. He previously served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a federal prosecutor, and as Assistant U.S. Attorney General. He succeeded Tom Ridge as United States Secretary of Homeland Security on February 15, 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth28 November 1953
CountryUnited States of America
We've got tropical storms and hurricanes brewing in the ocean.
We cannot afford to let our guard down,
We cannot hermetically seal 7,000 miles of land borders and keep out 100 percent of illegal crossers, ... But we can create such a high likelihood of interdiction that it will have a strong and unequivocal deterrent effect on those who wish to cross illegally.
We will work tirelessly to ensure that our fellow citizens have the sustained support and the necessary aid to reclaim their homes, their lives and their communities,
We will not tolerate lawlessness, or violence, or interference with the evacuation,
We were prepared for one catastrophe, ... The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
We were prepared for one catastrophe. The second catastrophe, frankly, added a level of challenge that no one has seen before.
Truckloads of water, ice, meals, medical supplies, generators, tents and tarpaulins
Threats do not begin or end in a single country, ... must focus on common strategies and common systems of protection.
We are going to be very prepared for Hurricane Wilma.
We continue to search 24/7. We search by day we search by night,
We certainly have to fill out the ranks of FEMA in terms of its senior level with experienced staff.
We can't be in the position any longer where we are paying the burden and bearing the burden for countries that won't cooperate with us and take their own citizens back.
Well, I mean, Congress did originally set the formula for the state grants, and they guaranteed every state a minimum formula. So that was a congressional decision.