Think Tank Gives U.S. Homeland Security 'D' Grade (PPI)

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Think Tank Gives U.S. Homeland Security 'D' Grade
Wed July 23, 2003 09:36 AM ET
By Deborah Charles

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration has been slow to tighten domestic security and has failed to spend enough on some essential programs, a center-left think tank said on Wednesday.

The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), which has ties to the Democratic Leadership Council, gave the government a "D" grade in its report card on homeland security and said much improvement was needed.

"In spite of satisfactory results in a few areas, taken as a whole, the Bush administration's efforts to protect the homeland have been surprisingly lax and inadequate," the institute said in its report.

"The Bush administration has not brought the same energy and attention to homeland security that it has brought to overseas military efforts," it said. "In short, President Bush has failed to fulfill his promise to make homeland security his top priority."

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1. So if the DLC policy making mouthpiece...

...can say this about Bush stewardship of 'homeland security', where the hell do they get off telling candidates that they can't criticize Bush on security issues?

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2. Does Reuters ever note AEI is a think tank with ties to the W* Admin.

I have never seen it