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A.G. GancarskiJuly 11, 2016

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Jacksonville is set to receive a $295,650 grant for port security from the Department of Homeland Security, enhancing hazardous materials response. Tia Ford, spokesperson for Mayor Lenny Curry, said the money has been awarded to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, and will fund the Maritime CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) Response System. So what will […]

Jim RosicaJune 16, 2016

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Four days after the Orlando shooting, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said: “we have to be concerned about the homegrown violent extremist that could strike at any place.” Johnson spoke Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program. The Department of Homeland Security has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin “to advise (the) public of the current […]

Ryan RayFebruary 24, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham said Tuesday that if the GOP-controlled 114th Congress moves forward with an increasingly likely budget gambit that would shut down the Department of Homeland Security, she will forfeit her pay in solidarity with the many federal workers who will be furloughed. “If Congress lets obstructionists shut down the Department of Homeland […]

Daniel TilsonFebruary 17, 2015

America’s undocumented immigrants aren’t political footballs, or soccer balls. But they keep getting thrown out of bounds and kicked to the sidelines. The latest blow was delivered by Texas federal Judge Andrew Hanen, the 2002 George W. Bush judicial appointee who in 2013 infamously advised the Homeland Security Department to start arresting undocumented parents trying […]

Ryan RayJanuary 15, 2015

Sharply rebuking what she called “political games” on the part of the U.S. House’s Republican leadership, U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham today explained her No vote on today’s Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which contained an amendment reversing course on President Obama’s recent actions on immigration. “The people of North Florida are tired of political games in […]

Bob SparksOctober 1, 2014

In April 2012 the United States Secret Service took a big hit. A public relations torpedo exploded when agents on the presidential detail, along with supervisors, were found to have cavorted with prostitutes in Cartegena, Colombia. All of this occurred shortly before President Barack Obama was set to arrive. An investigation revealed this type of […]

Tag: Department of Homeland Security

Jax gets $295,650 port security grant from Homeland Security

Jeh Johnson: ‘Violent extremist(s) could strike at any place’

Gwen Graham pledges to donate her salary if DHS funding allowed to lapse

Daniel Tilson: Judge's ruling kicks immigrants to the sidelines – again

Gwen Graham calls for a clean Homeland Security approps bill

Bob Sparks: Florida’s Pierson quits as Secret Service boss after White House breach