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DHS to unveil new airport security policy for kids

Children 12 years old and younger soon will no longer be required to remove their shoes at airport security checkpoints, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress on Tuesday.

GOP Gov. Rick Perry bills feds $350M for costs of imprisoning illegal immigrants in Texas – Minneapolis Star Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for nearly $350 million to cover the costs he says Texas has incurred incarcerating illegal immigrants in state prisons and county jails

Perry Bills Feds $349M for Incarcerating Illegals – FOX News

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Rick Perry has asked the U.S

US scrapping ‘cascading’ terror alerts

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will unveil a new system aimed at highlighting “specific imminent threats” to replace the five color-coded terror alerts.

Envisioning ‘airport checkpoint of tomorrow’

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Budget cuts could lead to longer airport waits

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned on Wednesday that travelers could face longer waits to get through airport security if Republican-proposed budget cuts are adopted.

Fiery package in DC triggers memories of anthrax (AP)

AP – Postal workers who returned to work Saturday said a package that ignited at a government mail facility conjured painful memories of the anthrax attacks that killed two of their colleagues in 2001.

Napolitano: U.S. committed to combating terror threats in Afghanistan

The United States has made “significant progress” in combating terrorist threats to the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Saturday after meeting with the Afghan president and the minister of finance.

US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan – Grand Island Independent

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN’-oh) has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, to spend New Year’s Eve with U.S. troops and the Homeland Security officers who have been working with the Afghan government to try to secure that country’s porous borders from militants, as well as …

US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN’-oh) has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, to spend New Year’s Eve with U.S. troops and the Homeland Security officers who have been working with the Afghan government to try to secure that country’s porous borders from militants, as well as …