A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2020
5min551
Bush, Obama alums warn Trump national security is at stake.
Tag: Jeh Johnson
A.G. GancarskiNovember 10, 2020
Ryan NicolJanuary 21, 2020
5min695
Johnson is among a list of new individuals backing Klitzman's campaign.
Les NeuhausMarch 22, 2017
3min195
America’s former domestic security chief believes Donald Trump may have the makings of a historic leader. In an MSNBC interview Wednesday, previous U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Trump could be a “great president.” However, Johnson expressed concern over the president’s affinity for social media and worried he didn’t have a full […]
Associated PressJanuary 19, 2017
8min218
Ready for his big moment, Donald Trump swept into Washington on a military jet Thursday and quickly set to building better ties to the Republican Congress as he kicked off three days of inaugural festivities. Washington braced for an onslaught of crowds and demonstrators — with all the attendant hoopla and hand-wringing. Trump was quickly […]
Associated PressOctober 6, 2016
3min177
President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged residents of Florida and other states along the path of Hurricane Matthew to take the threat seriously. Government officials are worried about complacency, especially in South Florida, which hasn’t seen a major hurricane in 11 years. Obama said the hurricane will be building in strength as it makes its […]
Mitch PerryAugust 4, 2016
6min356
Taking his cue from a warning by FBI Director James Comey of “a terrorist diaspora out of Syria like we’ve never seen before,” Sarasota area GOP Congressman Vern Buchanan is calling on the White House to put an immediate halt to accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S. “Terrorists are leaving Syria disguised as refugees and carrying out […]
Jim RosicaJune 16, 2016
4min219
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 […]
Associated PressJune 13, 2016
3min207
The gunman in the attack that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub was inspired by extremist information over the internet, President Barack Obama said Monday, calling it an apparent example of “homegrown extremism” that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years. Obama, speaking in the Oval Office after meeting with the FBI director, […]
Associated PressOctober 19, 2015
5min234
The top two GOP presidential hopefuls, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, have requested protection from the U.S. Secret Service, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. The taxpayer-funded agency said the two campaigns have submitted requests, which kick off an evaluation period during which Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson consults with five […]
Mitch PerryAugust 11, 2015
5min330
Cuban security forces rounded up around 90 protesters on Sunday, nearly half with the Ladies in White dissident group, and many of them wearing marks with the image of Barack Obama. They were released after four-and-a-half hours in custody, according to the leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler. The crackdown came five days […]