Tag Archive for: 9/11

9/11, A Decade Later — Securing our homeland: Much progress in 10 years, but more to do

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Peter King

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Rep. Peter King (R-NY)

As expected, the media and others are paying closer attention to this anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 than they have in recent years. For whatever reason, 10-year, 25-year, or similarly numbered anniversaries of tragedies garner increased interest and coverage.

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9/11, A Decade Later — GTSC: New coalition fights for small and mid-size companies in federal homeland / security space

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Kristina Tanasichuk

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security_services

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Kristina Tanasachuk

The last couple of years have seen several interesting trends for the small and mid-sized contracting community. Government spending on security is slowing, as it is in all sectors, yet contracts earmarked for small businesses are increasing.

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Obama, Biden and Napolitano lead the nation in remembering 9/11

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Jacob Goodwin

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law_enforcement_first_responders

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President Obama
at the World Trade
Center site

President Obama spent less than two minutes reading a 197-word passage from Psalm 46 from the Old Testament during a solemn ceremony at the World Trade Center site in New York City on Sunday commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble,” said the president, before an anguished nation. “Therefore, we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.”

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9/11, A Decade Later — Perspectives on terrorism from across the Atlantic

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Kevin Brownell

Pre 9-11, the security community in Europe assumed that individual terrorists wanted to attack from afar and take part in more than one operation. The danger had been mainly from the Provisional IRA and Basque separatists. Read more