PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNS HOMETOWN HEROES SURVIVORS ACT
President George W. Bush poses Tuesday December 16, 2003 in the Oval Office with from left to right: Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police; Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge; Harold Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters; Kevin O’Connor, Assistant to the General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters for Government and Public Affairs; and James Pasco, Executive Director of the National Fraternal Order of Police. The photo opportunity was in recognition of the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2003. The act ensures that a public safety office who suffers a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty will be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of eligibility under the public safety officer survivor benefits program. (UPI Photo/Paul Morse/White House)
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