Topic: Tom Ridge

Bipartisan trio says tax oil to fund U.S. infrastructure

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three big guns from U.S. politics are offering a twist on the chronic funding shortage for the country's infrastructure: taxing oil directly.Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, and former U.S. Comptroller ...
Goodbye danger defined as yellow, orange and red.. The Homeland Security Department would not discuss the specific recommendations or estimate when a new system might be rolled out. With a new system, there would be an understanding with the public that there ...
AP Exclusive: Homeland Security Dept. tells Obama color-coded terror alerts should endThe Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show ...
AP Exclusive: AP sources: Homeland Security tells Obama color-coded terror alerts should endThe Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk ...
The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes.. In the past two years, Obama administration officials have changed ...
The Homeland Security Department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system that became a symbol of the country's post-9/11 jitters and the butt of late-night talk show jokes.. In the past two years, Obama administration officials have changed ...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet -level federal agency. On April 26 and April 27 , 2009 , Secretary Napolitano held a joint press conference with other Obama Administration officials to discuss the readiness of the Homeland Security department ...

Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years before his years of Governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001. "Call Tom Ridge to Washington from whatever vacation he is taking and get him to work.
Origins Following the attacks, President George W. Bush appointed then Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge to the newly created post of assistant to the president for homeland security, and later, the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the ...

American Security Challenge to honor Gen. Alexander

Tom Ridge also slated to speak. This year's American Security Challenge will feature a ceremony to honor Gen. Keith Alexander with the 2010 Patriot Award, according to the event's organizers. Alexander is commander of the U.S. CyberCommand under the ...