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The goal is to protect Americans against
"the dangers of a new era." That's how President Bush describes the purpose of the new
Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security, which went into existence Monday when Bush signed the legislation creating it.   But you don't combine 22 existing agencies into one new
department overnight. And the White House says it could take up to
two years to complete the building of the new Homeland Security
department.


Setting up the Department of Homeland Security

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