Frequently Asked Questions

ANSER Institute for Homeland Security website
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/faq.cfm

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Where did the phrase “homeland security” come from?

It’s difficult to answer this with complete certainty. It would appear that the first significant document to mention the word homeland in an American context was a report by the National Defense Panel in December 1997. This report is available at http://www.fas.org/man/docs/ndp/front.htm.

The phrase “homeland security” entered the government lexicon in the first of the three Hart-Rudman reports, in September 1999. This report may be viewed at http://www.homelandsecurity.org/sugg_reading/Phase_I_Report.pdf.

But the phrase did not become official government language until President Bush’s speech in October, when he announced the formation of the Office of Homeland Security via executive order. For this executive order, go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011008-2.html.
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