The DHS Strategic Plan -- Securing Our Homeland

The National Strategy for Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 served to mobilize and organize our nation to secure the homeland from terrorist attacks. This exceedingly complex mission requires a focused effort from our entire society if we are to be successful. To this end, one primary reason for the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security was to provide the unifying core for the vast national network of organizations and institutions involved in efforts to secure our nation. In order to better do this and to provide guidance to the 180,000 DHS men and women who work every day on this important task, the Department developed its own high-level strategic plan. The vision and mission statements, strategic goals and objectives provide the framework guiding the actions that make up the daily operations of the department. Terror Alerts

International Travel Information

Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets. You may also want to review specific country Background Notes.

Public Announcements are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term and/or trans-national conditions posing significant risks to the security of American travelers. They (PAs) are made when there is a specific threat that cannot be countered. In the past, Public Announcements have been issued to deal with short-term coups, violence by terrorists and anniversary dates of specific terrorist events.

Welcome to the Middle East Center

Here you will find a list Middle Eastern websites from the UPenn’s Middle East Center. This is a site with an extensive lists of almost every Middle Eastern website by country. More information will be forth coming. Click Here

Palestinian Media Watch

A Self Portrait of Palestinian Society
This is a link to the Palestinian Media Watch homepage, where a cartoon depicting a Palestinian child urinating on the Statue of Liberty can be seen, and where video reports and other updates may also be found. Click Here

Articles by Larry Elder:

Arab World Poverty–Whose Fault? - By Larry Elder (September, 01)

Post-September 11: Guns - By Larry Elder (September, 01)



Terrorism in American—Retracing Our Steps - By Larry Elder (October, 01)






Airlines: Sympathy Yes, Bailout No - By Larry Elder (October, 01)

Arab Terrorist-Victicrat -

Self Defense is Job One - By Larry Elder (October, 01)



The Battle Over Islam - By Larry Elder (October, 01)

A Wartime "Stimulus" Package - By Larry Elder (October, 01)