...of Homeland Security, as President-elect Obama seems to desire... well, we could do worse. The first DHS secretary, Tom Ridge, struck me (I only met him twice) as a smart guy who really didn't understand his portfolio and was being driven slowly mad by...
...shows similarities between chimps, humans. "Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees" is shown daily at noon and 3 p.m. at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Drive. Tickets are $7.50 for adults, $5.50 for children 12 and younger. Tickets are two...
...down -- and start building a bigger tent. That's the bottom-line message Tom Ridge has for hyperventilating Republicans sorting through the wreckage of their defeat at the polls on Nov. 4. "Just take a deep breath and exhale slowly," said Mr. Ridge,...
...bailouts of other institutions. Editor - Every time I see Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on television, I am reminded of Tom Ridge, minus his color-coded charts. This time, 9/11 has been replaced by 401(k), GDP and the Dow. Terrorism has vanished,...
Background
Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 27, 1945 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1995), Governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001), Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (2001–2003), and the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005).
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