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I may have mis-read it and I don't recall the source but I thought I read on the Live Thread that actually this has been in the works since before 9/11 .... which would mean before Ridge entered the national scene. He was still Governor of PA until after 9/11. I'll see if I can go back and find what I read and see if I just took it wrong.

Actually there was a plan for an office of Homeland Defense, it was proposed by the Hart,(forgot the other name) commission on National Security, The report was finished in june of 2001 I believe. But it was for Congressional consumption and was asked for when Bubba was still in office by Republicans. Dubya just picked up the ball and ran with it.

But that report did not have any restructuring plans like what the President is proposing tonight. I personally believe this will be a hard deal to pull off. There is gonna be so many careerist screaming about having their legs cut out from under them that it will become a food fight.

I also think there is another plan in the works. Since they have been doing things in incremental steps, I believe this is just one of many re-organizing plans to come. Next I believe we will here about a major cut in the departments, just like when corperation merge, they always cut the pork out of the two companies when they merge.

This waill happen, When you think of all the staffers and the other jobs that overlap in these agencies there has to be dead weight. Dubya just didn't want to announce all the news tonight. wait a few weeks while the RATS and our Pure Idealogs try to claim he is "Growing the size of Government so much that it's fiscally irresponsible" and he will defend his plans for a few days and announce the next plan of cutting 3 or 4 thousand government jobs w/ a generous severance package. WATCH! ...:-)