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
Truckloads of water, ice, meals, medical supplies, generators, tents and tarpaulins
we have an ongoing flood situation even as we're in the middle of recovering from the hurricane.
We have made a lot of progress in the first year of Community Shield.
We have to have seamless interaction with military forces, ... Mike Brown has done everything he possibly could to coordinate the federal response to this unprecedented challenge. I appreciate his work, as does everybody here.
We're working very closely with the governor and the other state officials to make sure that we are completely connected in terms of their needs and what capabilities they're asking us to bring to the table, ... American Morning.
We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA.
We are not going to be able to have people sitting in houses in the city of New Orleans for weeks and months while we de-water and clean this city,
When we remove the water from New Orleans, we're going to uncover people who died hiding in houses, who got caught by the flood, people whose remains will be found in the street, ... It is going to be about as ugly a scene as you can imagine.
We are committed to cutting red tape and getting help to people who need it, ... We are getting real assistance in record time.
We are in the process of doing everything within our power to get resources down to the state of Florida, ... everybody's patience and forbearance.
we are doing everything possible, as quickly as possible, to prevent further misfortune and loss of life and distress.
Those who got out are fine, ... Meet the Press.
To be sure sometimes we differ, ... but the point is not that one society values privacy more than the other ... but the application of those values.
The department intends to build an integrated border security system.