Bush Picks Chertoff to Head Homeland Security
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated  federal judge Michael Chertoff, a former prosecutor and  architect of the anti-terror USA Patriot Act after the Sept.  11, 2001, attacks, to become secretary of homeland security.
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US President George W Bush is reported to have chosen a former New York City police commissioner as the new Homeland Security Secretary.
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The new nominee for Homeland Security chief brings to the table long experience in Washington and in legal matters.
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President Bush is expected to move swiftly to select a new secretary of Homeland Security after his first choice, former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, suddenly
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The US president, George Bush, today formally named former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik as the new US homeland security secretary.
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US President George Bush puts forward judge Michael Chertoff as his new homeland security chief.
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President George W. Bush picked former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to be US Homeland Security Secretary, according to administration officials.
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The U.S. is satisfied with its current terrorism alert level and acknowledges potential al-Qaida links to the plots in Britain, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Sunday.
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - From weak border controls to the risk of chemical bombs, the United States could be backsliding on national security since the September 11 attacks, Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said on Wednesday.
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President Bush has chosen former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik, who helped direct the emergency response to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes against the Twin Towers, to lead the Homeland Security Department, charged with safeguarding Americans from future attack, administration officials said Thursday.
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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won unanimous Senate confirmation and was  sworn in on Tuesday to head the U.S. Homeland Security  Department.
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The Department of Homeland Security  named an acting U.S. cybersecurity chief on Thursday as  Congress weighed whether to give the position greater clout to  fight hackers, viruses and other online threats.
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House members want answers from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to a number of questions, from how his department manages multibillion-dollar contracts to how it assesses risk and divvies up scarce funds.
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The Department of Homeland Security named an acting U.S. cybersecurity chief on Thursday as Congress weighed whether to give the position greater clout to fight hackers, viruses and other online threats.
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WASHINGTON President George W. Bush chose the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Leavitt, on Monday to be secretary of health and human services, filling one of the last two openings in his second-term cabinet.
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Description: NPR&#39;s Mike Pesca talks with NPR&#39;s Alex Chadwick about President Bush&#39;s nomination of former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to be the new head of the Department of Homeland Security.
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President Bush picked former police commissioner Bernard Kerik, the steady former military man who helped New York get back on its feet after the Sept. 11 terror attack, to head the federal agency charged with making sure it never happens again.