Romney: Remake Homeland Security Dept.

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By GLEN JOHNSON

AMHERST, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney on Wednesday complained that the Bush administration had established an inefficient Homeland Security Department and had presided over a bungled response to Hurricane Katrina.


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign stop at Moulton's Market in Amherst, N.H., Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Amid a tour of southern New Hampshire, Romney contrasted the private-based universal health care system he created as governor in Massachusetts with government health expansions advocated by some Democrats, saying to laughter, "The last thing I want is the guys managing the Katrina cleanup managing my health care system."

He also said one of President Bush's signature domestic security achievements - the formation of the Department of Homeland Security - created "one big bureaucracy" rife with inefficiency and in need of major restructuring.

Romney was a member of a Bush administration homeland security advisory panel while Massachusetts governor from 2003 to 2007.


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[Doctor_J]

1. By all means. The federal government is not bloated enough

after 12 years of Republicon pork.

[rpannier]

2. Romney's plan probably involves

1. The Committee for Purity and Prevention of Vice

2. Brown shirted youths making sure everyone's papers are in order

3. Everyone has memorized their loyalty oaths

on edit

4. Oh...hundreds of Gitmos around the country

[Forrest Greene]

3. Inefficiency In Totalitarian Institutions

...is a good thing.

[aquart]

4. I'm thinking: Abolish the rotten worthless money eater.

But that's just me. I never want to hear the word "homeland" again.