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In 2002, because of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, Congress passed a bill called the Homeland Security Act, which created the Department of Homeland Security. [[Tom Ridge]] was the first leader of the Department of Homeland Security. This was the biggest change to the federal government in 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/securityact.html|title=The Online NewsHour: Domestic Security | The Homeland Security Act | PBS|work=pbs.org|year=2011|accessdate=April 23, 2011|archive-date=March 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301060010/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/securityact.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2002, because of the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001, Congress passed a bill called the Homeland Security Act, which created the Department of Homeland Security. [[Tom Ridge]] was the first leader of the Department of Homeland Security. This was the biggest change to the federal government in 50 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/securityact.html|title=The Online NewsHour: Domestic Security | The Homeland Security Act | PBS|work=pbs.org|year=2011|accessdate=April 23, 2011|archive-date=March 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301060010/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/securityact.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[MasterChef]]
*[[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]
== United States Department Of Homeland Security Media ==
== United States Department Of Homeland Security Media ==
File:CBP female officers going aboard a ship.jpg|Customs officers going aboard a ship
File:CBP female officers going aboard a ship.jpg|Customs officers going aboard a ship
File:Homeland-security-orgchart-2008-07-17.png|Organizational chart showing the chain of command among the top-level officials in the Department of Homeland Security, as of July 17, 2008
File:DHS Organizational Chart 2023.png|'''Organizational chart''' of the Department of Homeland Security, as of October 6, 2023.
File:Homeland-security-orgchart-2008-07-17.png|July 17, 2008 organizational structure.
File:Hsas-chart with header.svg|The [[Homeland Security Advisory System]] scale
File:Hsas-chart with header.svg|The [[Homeland Security Advisory System]] scale
File:210908-H-NI589-089.jpg|The current headquarters at [[St. Elizabeths Hospital|St. Elizabeths]] West Campus
File:210908-H-NI589-089.jpg|The current headquarters at [[St. Elizabeths Hospital|St. Elizabeths]] West Campus
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