Bush issues new homeland security strategy.

With little more than a year left in office, the Bush administration issued a new homeland security strategy yesterday, calling on citizens and governments to develop "a culture of preparedness" to deal with natural disasters and terrorism.

"Just as our vision of homeland security has evolved as we have made progress in the War on Terror, we also have learned from the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina," President George W. Bush said in a letter accompanying the first update to the National Strategy for Homeland Security in five years. [...]

I think this is their last bite at the apple to try to motivate cities, states and citizens to get things done," said David Heyman, homeland security director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "And there's a lot left to be done."

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