1.   Although state officials say they need instructions from the federal homeland security office, they admit that most of their problems boil down to the lack of cash.

2.   At one point they had trouble getting the correct number for the federal homeland security office and phone calls returned.

3.   Basically, Dewhurst said, Texas does not need a separate homeland security office.

4.   A common thread in the Graham and Lieberman approaches is that the head of the homeland security office would require Senate confirmation and appear before Congress.

5.   By afternoon, Allbaugh, the emergency management director, was on a plane to New York with Mark A. Holman, a senior staffer in homeland security office.

6.   In addition to running the homeland defense office, Ridge will oversee a council of homeland defense experts.

7.   In addition to running the homeland security office, Ridge will oversee a council of homeland security experts.

8.   President Bush did the right thing in creating the homeland defense office, locating it in the White House and having its director report to him.

9.   The homeland security office supports that idea, and so does Bonner.

10.   The report concluded that the current White House homeland security office has been unable to galvanize the nation into a coordinated defense.