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	Biography of Governor Tom Ridge
		On October 8, 2001, Tom Ridge was sworn in as the first Office of Homeland Security Advisor in the history of the United States of America.
		Ridge was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2001.
		Governor Ridge and his wife, Michele, the former executive director of the Erie County Library system, have two children, Lesley and Tommy.
	www.whitehouse.gov /homeland/ridgebio.html (406 words)

	Tom Ridge - MSN Encarta
		Tom Ridge, born in 1945, governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001 when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to head what became the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
		Ridge became governor of Pennsylvania in 1995 and was reelected in 1998.
		As secretary, Ridge oversaw the department’s mandate to prevent terrorist attacks in the United States, reduce the country’s vulnerability to terrorism, and plan responses and recovery in the case of an attack.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701505579/Ridge_Tom.html (478 words)

	Tom Ridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ridge was raised in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pennsylvania.
		Ridge was notable as the first enlisted Vietnam combat veteran elected to the U.S. House.
		Ridge served as a close advisor to GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush, a close friend from their simultaneous tenures as governors, during the 2000 presidential campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tom_Ridge (1499 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ridge reveals clashes on alerts
		Ridge, who resigned Feb. 1, said Tuesday that he often disagreed with administration officials who wanted to elevate the threat level to orange, or "high" risk of terrorist attack, but was overruled.
		Ridge said he wanted to "debunk the myth" that his agency was responsible for repeatedly raising the alert under a color-coded system he unveiled in 2002.
		Among those on the council with Ridge were Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI chief Robert Mueller, CIA director George Tenet, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-05-10-ridge-alerts_x.htm (0 words)

	CNN.com - Ridge steps down as Homeland Security chief - Dec 1, 2004
		Ridge accepted the job of homeland security adviser to Bush just days after the September 11 attacks, and stepped into the job of secretary in January 2003 as 22 government agencies were blended into the Department of Homeland Security.
		"Tom Ridge is a decent man and a fine public servant but unfortunately was not given the leeway or resources to tighten up homeland security in the way it should be done," said Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat.
		Ridge served as Pennsylvania governor from 1995 to 2001.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/30/ridge/index.html (1077 words)

	Colleagues say Ridge weighing resignation - The Boston Globe
		One senior official said Ridge has cautioned that his plans, while leaning toward resignation, could be changed by coming events, such as another terrorist attack or a discussion with the president.
		Ridge has faced criticism over frequent but vague public warnings about possible terrorist activity, and he was ridiculed last year for urging homeowners to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting to seal doors and windows during a chemical or biological attack.
		Ridge's most recent financial disclosure reports, filed in early 2003, showed he owned between $122,000 and $787,000 in stocks and funds.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/washington/articles/2004/07/31/colleagues_say_ridge_weighing_resignation (630 words)

	Washington Speakers Bureau: Tom Ridge
		Tom Ridge has grown from a young sergeant in the battlefields of Vietnam to one of the world’s pre-eminent statesman.
		Tom Ridge, the nation's first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, offers a candid view of America’s national readiness and response capabilities and compares that to the business challenge of managing today’s sometime volatile economic and business climate.
		On special request, former Secretary Tom Ridge is available to speak on other issues pertinent to his experience, including: innovation in education, intergovernmental relationships, patriotism and the value of public service, restoring civil discourse to the political arena, and the safeguarding of civil liberties and Constitutional principles in a new security environment.
	www.washingtonspeakers.com /TRidge (1050 words)

	Prosecutor Profile - Tom Ridge, Director, White House Office of Homeland Security
		Ridge’s presidential charge is to “lead, oversee and coordinate a comprehensive strategy to safeguard our country against terrorism, and respond to any attacks that may come.” To accomplish this charge, he must coordinate the efforts of some 40 federal agencies and departments, with a budget estimated at $11 billion.
		Born in Pennsylvania’s Steel Valley, Tom Ridge was raised in a working-class family in veterans’ public housing in Erie, in the northwest corner of the state.
		In 1994 Ridge was elected Pennsylvania’s 43rd governor and was re-elected in 1998 with 57 percent of the vote in a four-way race (where Democrats out-number Republicans by close to 500,000).
	www.ndaa.org /ndaa/profile/tom_ridge_jan_feb_2002.html (445 words)

	VDARE.com: 10/25/04 - Tom Ridge: No Security Necessary on Border of Homeland
		Ridge was in Nogales to "announce two high-tech lanes for cutting waiting times for commercial trucks at the port of entry," according to local television reports.
		Ridge told an audience that "There isn't a day that goes by, literally, where a couple of people aren't turned away from our borders because they are associated in some manner, shape or form with terrorists or terror-related organizations.
		Ridge, of course, it really doesn't matter what the new chief thinks about any of it, and we may all be better off not knowing what he thinks.
	www.vdare.com /francis/terror_borders.htm (779 words)

	The Honorable Thomas J. Ridge - Biography - Flight 93 National Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tom Ridge became the nation's first Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on January 24, 2003.
		Before the events of September 11th, Tom Ridge was twice elected Governor of Pennsylvania. ; He served as the state's 43rd governor from 1995 to 2001.
		Tom Ridge was elected to Congress in 1982.
	www.honorflight93.org /site/c.8dJCKQNuFoG/b.1592881/k.F773/The_Honorable_Thomas_J_Ridge__Biography.htm (601 words)

	T&A: Tom Ridge to secure private sector wage
		Tom Ridge and his wife Michele purchased a home in Bethesda, MD, for $873,000 in 2003 with a mortgage of $784,800.
		Tom Ridge privately owns upwards of $787,000 in stocks and funds with investment stocks in Disney Company, General Electric, Nike, Oracle Corp., and Microsoft Corp. And Tom Ridge says that in the private sector he could easily earn millions per year.
		Tom Ridge was criticized in 2003 after he urged homeowners to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting to prevent exposure to possible chemical weapons attack, he failed to provide specifics, yet sent consumers scrambling to hermetically seal their dwellings.
	www.thinkandask.com /news/tom-ridge.html (371 words)

	Tom Ridge - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Tom Ridge - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Ridge, Tom, born in 1945, governor of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2001 when he was chosen by President George W. Bush to head what became the...
		The 1990s brought a new style of political conservatism to Pennsylvania, ushering in a period of transition in state government.
	encarta.msn.com /Tom_Ridge.html (113 words)

	Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, to Appear on Modavox's VoiceAmerica Channel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tom Ridge, the former Governor of Pennsylvania who served as the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, is the current Chair of the National Organization on Disability (N.O.D.)'s Board of Directors.
		Tom Ridge, as my guest." She continued, "His commitment to people with disabilities and special needs is well established and respected.
		Ridge is a 1967 honors graduate of Harvard and holds a law degree from the Dickinson School of Law.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/12/prweb489609.htm (1074 words)

	Tom Ridge: Bush Pioneer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Prior to the 2000 GOP National Convention, Ridge stirred controversy as a possible Bush vice presidential candidate because he is a Catholic who supports limited abortion rights (he opposes late-term abortions and supports such restrictions as parental-consent laws).
		Ridge approved $320 million in taxpayer money to build four sports stadiums in ’99—after taking $180,000 in contributions from owners of the beneficiary teams.
		Ridge’s top environmental appointee, James Seif, is a Bush campaign advisor who attended a 2000 meeting in which executives of polluting industries huddled with state officials of states such as Texas that face sanctions for flunking federal air standards.
	www.tpj.org /pioneers/tom_ridge.html (148 words)

	Online NewsHour: Newsmaker: Tom Ridge -- May 9, 2002
		TOM RIDGE: Across the board, I mean across the board if you're concerned about bioterrorism defense, we learned a lot of tough and difficult lessons with anthrax but the pharmaceutical companies engaged, NIH is engaged, the Center for Disease Control is engaged; we've been concerned about border since 9/11.
		TOM RIDGE: We have been and still are at the third level, and the color code, it's yellow, but it's an elevated level of risk, and what we have said with this, and the national system was really embraced by the law enforcement community, I mean, they helped us write it.
		TOM RIDGE: You know, unfortunately we watch the death and the destruction and terror over there but that has - we are at still a pretty substantial - we're at an elevated level of risk and nothing over there has given us reason to modify that.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/fedagencies/jan-june02/ridge_5-9.html (2022 words)

	Tom Ridge Makes History
		Tom Ridge trotted the fastest mile in harness racing history today to win the $530,000 World Trotting Derby in straight heats at the DuQuoin State Fair.
		Tom Ridge was the beaten favorite in the Hambletonian, finishing eighth, and was third in the Yonkers Trot.
		Tom Ridge, who underwent surgery for a displaced palate after his eighth-place finish in the Hambletonian, went through fractions of :27.1, :55.1 and 1:22.2 en route to the win in the first heat of the World Trotting Derby.
	www.standardbredcanada.ca /news/iss0904/tomridgemakeshistory0904.html (448 words)

	The Friends of the Tom Ridge Center :: About The Tom Ridge Environmental Center
		"The Tom Ridge Environmental Center" is shaped like the Penninsula itself and seems to rise naturally from its surroundings at the entrance to Presque Isle State Park.
		The architects and contractors used "green" technology in the design and construction of this center, which is also a first in the PA State Park system.
		The Tom Ridge Environmental Center is open year round except for Christmas, New Year's and Easter.
	www.friendsofthetomridgecenter.org /about.html (0 words)

	NPR : National Press Club -- Tom Ridge, Homeland Security Secretary
		Prior to becoming Homeland Security secretary, Ridge was in charge of coordinating a comprehensive national strategy to strengthen protections against terrorist threats or attacks in the United States.
		Ridge was born on Aug. 26, 1945, in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley and raised in a working-class family in veterans' public housing in Erie, Pa. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968, serving as an infantry staff sergeant in Vietnam and earning a Bronze Star.
		Ridge served as assistant district attorney in Erie County from 1979-81.
	www.npr.org /programs/npc/2003/030429.tridge.html (435 words)

	PHMC: Governors of Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tom Ridge ran for governor in 1994 and defeated Lieutenant Governor Mark Singel, with 1,627,976 votes to Singel’s 1,430,099 votes.
		Ridge also accelerated the pace of state issuance of death warrants and, despite criticism from anti-death penalty advocates, executions were resumed by the Commonwealth; the first since 1962.
		Ridge’s more moderate views, such as support of the right-to-choose with regard to abortion and opposition to some proposed national missile defense programs, caused conservative Republicans to successfully oppose his selection.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/governors/ridge.asp (995 words)

	George W. Bush's Cabinet: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge
		Tom Ridge stepped down as Homeland Security secretary shortly after the 2004 elections.
		Ridge was appointed the first secretary of homeland security in January 2003 after Congress passed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security.
		Ridge served as governor of Pennsylvania from 1995-2001 and as a member of the House of Representatives for over a decade before that.
	www.opensecrets.org /bush/cabinet/cabinet.ridge.asp (134 words)

	Tom Ridge
		Tom Ridge was the first Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and a former Congressman and Governor of Pennsylvania.
		Ridge has proposed that the government should reconsider more than a century of tradition and law and give the military authority to act as police, making arrests and if necessary firing their weapons on U.S. soil, in the event of a terrorist attack.
		Ridge wears a hearing aid in his left ear, a vestige of a childhood ear infection.
	www.nndb.com /people/179/000024107 (589 words)

	Tom Ridge Biography
		Ridge will work with more than 180,000 employees from combined agencies to strengthen our borders, provide for intelligence analysis and infrastructure protection, improve the use of science and technology to counter weapons of mass destruction, and to create a comprehensive response and recovery division.
		Tom Ridge was sworn in as the first Director of the Office of Homeland Security in October 2001, following the tragic events of September 11.
		Born Aug. 26, 1945, in Pittsburgh's Steel Valley, Gov. Ridge was raised in a working class family in veterans' public housing in Erie.
	usa.usembassy.de /etexts/gov/biograph/ridge.htm (442 words)

	Ridge, Tom (Harpers.org)
		Tom Ridge, the secretary of homeland security, acknowledged that a number of his former aides are now actively lobbying him but denied that he would be swayed by personal connections.
		Tom Ridge, who raised the color-coded terror alert to orange six times, announced that he would step down as secretary of homeland security.
		This is Ridge, Tom, a human being and a political leader.
	www.harpers.org /TomRidge.html (178 words)

	Tom Ridge Cries Wolf
		Tom Ridge announced at a Sunday afternoon press conference that the U.S. government had information that warranted raising the Crayola terrorism threat level from yellow to orange.
		Ridge interrupted NBC’s coverage of a golf tournament to say, “The quality of this intelligence, based on multiple reporting streams in multiple locations, is rarely seen, and it is alarming in both the amount and specificity of the information.” And Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons that could be launched in 45 minutes.
		Ridge made it clear that the threat was not imminent (apparently that word caused too much trouble once before for the current administration); there is no timetable.
	www.etalkinghead.com /archives/tom-ridge-cries-wolf-2004-08-01.html (667 words)

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