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
From my own experience, I don't endorse those views,
A well-designed TWP will provide legal channels for US employers and foreign-born workers to meet the needs of a vibrant and successful US economy without disadvantaging American workers,
This is a system desperately in need of repair,
Admiral Allen has my full support in the very difficult work we have ahead,
All I have to do is say, 'You are empowered to go fulfill the mission,' and it gets done,
This is a picture that is improving but we have a lot more work to do,
It is going to be about as ugly a scene as we've witnessed in this country, with the possible exception of 9/11,
Just two weeks out from Hurricane Katrina, improvements in communication and coordination between levels of government were already evident, ... But that is only one step in ensuring that we identify the lessons learned from Katrina and make the necessary adjustments.
He's a believer in the fact that a judge has a limited role to play and has a responsibility to play the role in an honest fashion ? that you're not supposed to substitute your personal judgments for what the law is.
going to be about as ugly a scene a you can imagine.
Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was an artificially elevated number to make up from the very low grant the year before.
We owe the American people a full accounting from all levels of government concerning what went right and what went wrong with the initial Katrina response,
We are very mindful of this. We haven't suspended the laws that govern the way in which people have to behave ethically and legally.
There really is no vacation from the world in which we live.