Ridge Seeks Changes in Allocation of 'First Responder' Funds

April 10, 2003
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told a Senate committee Wednesday that his department wants to overhaul the process for allocating and distributing federal aid for "first responders," the police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel who are on the front lines of the war against terror.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told a Senate committee Wednesday that his department wants to overhaul the process for allocating and distributing federal aid for "first responders," the police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel who are on the front lines of the war against terror.

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