Mitt Romney and Homeland Security

Mitt Romney and Homeland Security

Key Speeches

2007

01-23-07; Excerpts from Governor Mitt Romney's Remarks at the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference

2005

09-07-2005; Homeland Security: Status of Federal, State, and Local Efforts

2006

09-05-2006; ROMNEY DENOUNCES KHATAMI VISIT TO HARVARD, Declines to provide escort, or offer state support for trip
During Khatami's presidency, Iran refused to hand over the Iranian intelligence officials who were responsible for the attack on the Khobar Towers that killed 19 U.S. military personnel.

2004

05-24-2004; Grading Progress on Homeland Security: Before and After 9/11
05-04-2004; Lessons Learned from Security at Past Olympic Games

2003

05-15-2003; INVESTING IN HOMELAND SECURITY: CHALLENGES FACING STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
06-17-2003; "First Responders: How States, Localities and the Federal Government Can Strengthen Their Partnership to Make America Safer"

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Homeland Security

2005

"The president is right to point to an international jihadist movement aimed at the collapse of the United States. He has gone after that threat in the right way and with great energy and vigor, and I applaud the fact that he has taken it on very seriously and has not considered it just a criminal action but instead a war action, which requires a military . . . response."
- Governor Mitt Romney, Interview with James Taranto (December 2005)

2004

"A key part of our homeland security efforts rests on the state's ability to collect and analyze information on potential threats," said Romney. "By putting more money into intelligence gathering, we'll give the State Police the tools they need to be more effective."
- Governor Mitt Romney, 01-29-2004 Press Release

"The threat of modern [Terrorism] poses new challenges for law enforcement across Massachusetts and around the nation," said Romney. "These new homeland security funds will allow Bay State communities to work as a coordinated force to collect, analyze and distribute critical Terrorism related intelligence and act when necessary."
- Governor Mitt Romney, 03-09-2004 Press Release

Homeland Security Press Releases from Governor Mitt Romney

2004

01-29-2004, ROMNEY'S BUDGET PUMPS UP ANTI- TERRORISM FUNDING
03-09-2004, ROMNEY ANNOUNCES $45 MILLION TO FIGHT TERRORISM

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Romney experience in Homeland Security:

Co-chaired the National Governor's Association Homeland Security Council
Member of the Department of Homeland Security's Advisory Council
Chaired the DHS's State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee
Chaired the DHS's Homeland Security Funding Task Force
The Boston Globe and Boston Herald both reported in 2004 that Romney was being considered as the next Secretary of Homeland Security
Led the SLC Olympics and instituted and oversaw a massive security mobilization plan that kept the games safe 3 months after 9/11
Testified before Congress on at least three occasions about homeland security related issues.

Disaster preparedness:

Under Romney's direction, MA became one of only 10 states in the country to receive the highest grade possible for disaster preparedness.
Romney led MA through the worst flooding in the state in the last 70 years or more, drawing rave reviews from local and national press.
The CDC has praised and held up Romney's plan in MA for the Avian Flu as a model for other states to draw off of.

Governor Mitt Romney and Homeland Security

Quotes from Governor Mitt Romney on Homeland Security

Statement of Governor Mitt Romney COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS before the GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE UNITED STATES SENATE
"Each of these plans fit into our larger blueprint for a forward-looking security agenda that encourages regional collaboration and clear-eyed risk assessment," Romney said. "Local residents should know that we're doing everything possible to keep the Commonwealth safe in an era of global uncertainty." Mitt Romney. Source: 11-05-2004 Press Release

Press Releases from Governor Mitt Romney on Homeland Security

2004

11-05-2004, ROMNEY ANNOUNCES REGIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY PLANS

2005

10-18-2005, TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY, ROMNEY ORDERS REVIEW OF HIGH HAZARD DAMS

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