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Why use the word "homeland" in "homeland security"? Why not use the existing phrase "national security"?

What distinction is being made? Does the U.S. have other land besides its "homeland"?

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The joint operation by U.S. and Mexican federal authorities to capture a married man and a 16-year-old Allentown girl came together quickly Saturday morning after a tipster reported the two were staying in an apartment near Cancun, officials with Homeland Security's Mexico City office said Tuesday.
U.S. attorney: Appeal is delaying repayment to Hmong homeland fraud victims ... the U.S. Attorney's office in Minneapolis say there's a good reason they can't immediately restore $1.2 million to hundreds of victims of a convicted fraudster who promised Hmong elders a new homeland in Southeast Asia.

In a press conference today, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence presented its urgent recommendations for protecting election systems as the U.S. moves toward midterm elections later this year. “Currently we have an election upon us, and the past tells us that the future will probably hold another ...
It would require that Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center — the office in which the response teams are housed — continually evaluate the response teams and report to Congress on their efforts at the end of each fiscal year for four years after the bill becomes ...
When Seng Xiong asked Plia Yang for a donation two years ago toward a new Hmong homeland, the Milwaukee office assistant handed the Maplewood man $5,000 and her complete loyalty. On Monday, Yang stood outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul to demand her money back from the U.S. ...
Carrie (Claire Danes) is still hot on the case of the General's murder and the connection between Simone (Sandrine Holt) and Wellington (Linus Roache). Meanwhile, the previous episode made it pretty clear their connection was merely physical, because she didn't inform him about her assault.

Two civil rights groups, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and Color of Change (COR), have filed a motion asking a judge to force the Department of Homeland Security to un-redact a mysterious document known as the “Race Paper.” Following FOIA requests, the DHS turned over hundreds of ...
It took nearly half the season to get there, but Homeland is finally pulling all of its threads in one direction. If you subscribe to the notion that it's not really Homeland until Carrie and Saul have a scene together, rejoice! Tonight's the night. Through all the changes over the years, Claire Danes and Mandy ...
Well, episode six from this season of "Homeland" is in the books. And finally we're getting into the nitty gritty of what this season is all about: surprise, surprise, it's the Russians and social media! In a brief segment after the episode, a "Homeland" creator says they were told by Washington officials that their ...
Homeland hits the midway point of its seventh season with one of its best episodes in years. We've finally converged the Saul and Carrie arcs, and the tight writing and direction of “Species Jump” makes one of the (technically) longest episodes of the season fly by. It's an episode that plays with what we ...
Previously on Homeland, things were going badly. “Active Measures” turns down the temperature a bit following the explosive end to the standoff; it's more of a simmer than a full boil, but the potential for another eruption is never far off. As Saul arrives at a federal building in Richmond, Virginia, tensions are ...
It's a theme that's inherent in two of Saul's words this week, a pair of words that are important enough to Homeland that they're mentioned in every episode's opening credits: “Information Warfare.” We begin as Saul Berenson is being driven through the Virginia war zone, not far from the shoot-out that has ...
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson · Ronald (Ron) Harold JohnsonTrump spars with GOP lawmakers on steel tariffs Overnight Regulation: Trump unveils budget | Sharp cuts proposed for EPA, HHS | Trump aims to speed environmental reviews | Officials propose repealing most of methane ...
"Homeland," the award-winning Showtime drama about United States politics and counterterrorism, is possibly the only thing highly visible in American culture dealing with reality, and the severe threat that increasingly paranoid and hostile right wing ideologies pose to the domestic peace and polity.
Her role in Homeland has seen her notch numerous accolades, including a staggering 22 nominations that saw her pick up wins for the top prizes at the Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy's, Critics' Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards. The 38-year-old actress was named by Time magazine as one of the ...
Homeland is back for a seventh series. Here's how to watch it, who's in the cast and what to expect… What time is Homeland on TV? Homeland continues on Sunday 11th March at 9pm on Channel 4. What's going to happen this series? The 12-parter will follow Carrie as she fights against a rogue US ...
Homeland has never been subtle in its depiction of the intelligence community and America's political system, but there was always an element of suspension of disbelief involved. While the critically acclaimed drama has always contained parallels to real life, it hasn't really featured storylines directly based ...

The third episode of Homeland season seven is designed to show the precariousness of Carrie Mathison's life, while also amplifying the tension between Brett O'Keefe and the rest of the world. Despite a few head-scratching choices by White House chief of staff David Wellington, it's ultimately a solid hour ...
In this week's Homeland, the president balances a national need for healing with her quest for vengeance, Saul Berenson is tasked with hunting down Brett O'Keefe, and Carrie Mathison learns that you should never download anything from 4Chan. “Rebel Rebel” takes place primarily in three arcs: Carrie's, ...
It's been a long time since anyone could say with a straight face that Homeland held a mirror up to our current geopolitical situation, unless we're talking about a funhouse mirror with a few cracks in it. A season premiere presents the opportunity for a reset; a convenient time-jump can allow the creative team ...
A scene from Showtime's Homeland featuring Jake Weber as Brett O'Keefe was filmed at a Powhatan County farm. ... POWHATAN – For Powhatan fans of the television show Homeland who have been watching trying to spot familiar places in Richmond where the seventh season was being filmed, there is ...
With Chief of Staff David Wellington busy undermining President Keane's power (arguably for her own good) and Carrie Mathison riding the wave of prescription drugs as she investigates a murder, Homeland centers this week's episode on a bloody nightmare in the heartland. A big departure from ...


 

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