Bush signs homeland security bill

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Bush signs homeland security bill

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush signed legislation Friday that
intensifies the anti-terrorism effort at home, shifting money to
high-risk states and cities and expanding scrutiny of air and sea
cargo.

The bill elevates the importance of risk factors in determining
which states and cities get federal security funds. That would
mean more money for such cities as New York and Washington.
It also puts money into a new program to ensure that security
officials at every level can communicate with each other.

It requires screening of all cargo on passenger planes within three
years and sets a five-year goal of scanning all container ships for
nuclear devices before they leave foreign ports.

Bush signed the bill into law in the Oval Office before heading to
the FBI to meet and have lunch with counterterrorism advisers
and then talk with members of his homeland security team.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070803/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

[Kagemusha]

1. Waaaaay down near the end, the AP mentions it's a Dem-pushed bill

Almost as an afterthought. I'm not sure I necessarily agree with 100% of things here, more because I wonder if they can be properly implemented or not, but it is the bill that Pelosi was pushing very recently. Is she mentioned once here?