WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- "It's going to be like Dorothy going to the Land of Oz." That's how James Carafano, a homeland security expert at the right-leaning Heritage Foundation, characterized the potential red-to-blue transition at the Department of Homeland Security if Barack Obama becomes president. It would be the first time Democrats have run the agency since it was established in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- With voters concerned about a faltering economy and the war in Iraq, the possibility of a terrorist attack on American soil has not been at the top of the presidential campaign agenda.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- President Bush’s homeland security adviser Fran Townsend says there will be no major changes to the administration’s controversial border and identity programs as a result of the White House’s new National Strategy for Homeland Security.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Michael Jackson, the top deputy to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, announced Monday he would quit the department next month; an unexpected departure that has stoked congressional concerns about the turnover of senior officials at the department.

WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- Allegations of cheating by thousands of U.S. Army soldiers on a series of recent promotion exams are being investigated by military officials, a report said.

WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly arming its helicopters with machine guns, as well as training teams to take over a hostile ship.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security is in crisis and needs a fundamental reorganization, experts said Monday.