Originally Posted by doober

A year ago, Obama said this in a speech entitled "The War We Need to Win":


"Too often this Administration's approach to homeland security has been to scatter money around and avoid hard choices, or to scare Americans without telling them what to be scared of, or what to do. A Department set up to make Americans feel safer didn't even show up when bodies drifted through the streets in New Orleans. That's not acceptable."


"My Administration will take an approach to homeland security guided by risk...."

That gives me a bit of hope.