AP Sat, Feb 21, 2004
Bush's political advisers see national security as one of the president's key advantage in his re-election effort to a second term this fall.
"I will not relent until the terrorist threat to America is removed," Bush said.

Reuters Sat, Feb 21, 2004
.....nearly $1 billion in federal funding for homeland security and bioterrorism response efforts had been cut, leaving local police and firefighters without the training and equipment they need to keep communities safe.
"We are finding it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to rely on the current administration to help us tackle our states' challenges. In fact, the administration often causes them," Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano