1 Overview of Protecting the American Homeland
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In a forthcoming Brookings volume (Protecting the American Homeland, by Michael O’Hanlon, Peter Orszag, Ivo Daalder, Mac Destler, David Gunter, Robert Litan, and James Steinberg), we propose a homeland security strategy to deter extremely destructive terrorist attacks. The standard we set for focusing homeland security efforts is the prevention of those attacks that would involve the loss of thousands of lives, the interruption of crucial social and economic services for millions of people for an extended period, or significant damage to the reputation of the United States in the global community.
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