Bush Signs Port Security Measure

U.S. President George W. Bush signed a port security bill today in a White House ceremony, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Oct. 2).

“We’re going to protect our ports.  We’re going to defend this homeland, and we’re going to win this war on terror,” Bush said.

The bill, approved by Congress two weeks ago, includes $400 million for improving training and security measures at U.S. ports and requires the nation’s 22 largest ports to install radiation detectors by the end of 2007.  Those ports handle 98 percent of cargo entering the country, AP reported.

Bush praised the bill for cutting down on opportunities for terrorists to smuggle weapons of mass destruction into the United States.

The bill also gives greater authority to the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (Jennifer Loven, Associated Press/Baltimore Sun, Oct. 13).

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