Terror Grants to Fund Disasters ; Chertoff Targets Expansion to Major Cities at High Risk

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The Department of Homeland Security has expanded eligibility for $756 million in anti-terrorism grant money to include preparation and response to natural disasters.

"Capabilities to evacuate people would obviously have relevance in a terrorism case with a certain kind of attack, but would also have relevance in a natural disaster of a certain kind," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

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Terror Grants to Fund Disasters ; Chertoff Targets Expansion to Major Cities at High Risk

Mr. Chertoff said the focus will be "upon geographic regions, as opposed to political jurisdictions," and that the change was made as a ...

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