Homeland Defense and Homeland Security: Creating Unity of Effort

Abstract

The initial focus of this paper was to identify the five (5) most critical areas with respect to the integrity and security of the Nation's borders. However, as the research progressed it became clear that it is not the threats themselves--namely terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and proliferation of CBRN weapons--that pose the most critical threat to the United States, its interests and citizens. The real threat lies in the potential for a failure to unite the efforts of the entities charged with addressing perceived or identified threats. Intelligence shows that these threats are persistent and can materialize and adversely impact us at any time, anywhere, to threaten our most cherished right--freedom.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 2009
Accession Number
ADA539956

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  • Robert Gilloon

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  • Air War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Drug Abuse
  • Federal Budgets
  • Geography
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Teamwork
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Northern Command
  • War Colleges

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