Defense
Official: Hill foes may foil change to homeland grants
Bush administration calls for distributions based on risk and need.
Defense
Republicans take issue with Bush Homeland Security proposals
GOPers back plan to merge agencies, but oppose effort to increase passenger ticket fees to pay for security costs at the nation's airports.
Defense
Lawmaker lights fuse under Coast Guard to get report
Commandant told that budget increase will be withheld until report on Deepwater acquisition program is delivered.
Defense
Senate panel approves authorization for embassy security
The $4.5 billion Foreign Affairs Authorization Act provides $1.5 billion for embassy security, construction and maintenance.
Defense
DHS favors easing deadline on state security funds
Investigations found local communities had not received or spent the nearly $14 billion in federal funding allocated for counterterrorism activities.
Defense
Oversight of homeland security issues called weak
Structural reforms on Capitol Hill fall short, experts say.
Defense
Chertoff nomination stalls over Guantanamo Bay questions
Holdup over contentious FBI memo and debate on class-action overhaul measure pushes back Senate vote until next week.
Defense
Exiting Secretary Ridge acknowledges mistakes
Homeland Security leader offers advice to successor.
Tech
House homeland security panel expects to win cybersecurity turf battle
House aides on the Homeland Security Committee believe that they will get a referral for a recently introduced cybersecurity bill.
Defense
House vote makes Homeland Security panel permanent
Change takes turf away from powerful committee chairmen, but critics say it falls short of 9/11 panel recomendations.
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