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Jun 17, 2021 · CNN —. Tom Ridge, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and the first US secretary of Homeland Security, was transferred by ambulance to a hospital in the Washington area Wednesday ...
Aug 29, 2022 · ‘It could bring a tear to your eye’: Former Pa. Gov. Tom Ridge reflects on politics, Jan. 6, his health Updated: Aug. 29, 2022, 9:55 p.m. | Published: Aug. 29, 2022, 5:05 a.m.
In 2002, President Bush nominated Thomas J. Ridge to become the first secretary of the newly created Department of Homeland Security. Tom Ridge assumed this position on January 24, 2003. Ridge announced his resignation after the 2004 presidential election.
Jun 16, 2021 · Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who became the nation's first Secretary of Homeland Security after 9/11, is in critical condition in a Washington, D.C.-area hospital after suffering a...
Sep 9, 2021 · September 9, 2021 / 4:04 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who is America's first Homeland Security secretary, said he will never forget 9/11. The ...
Biography of Secretary Tom Ridge. Secretary of Homeland Security. www.dhs.gov. On October 8, 2001, Tom Ridge was sworn in as the first Office of Homeland Security Advisor in the history of the United States of America. In the words of President George W. Bush, he had the strength, experience, personal commitment and authority to accomplish this ...
Jun 16, 2021 · HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge suffered a stroke Wednesday at his home in suburban Washington, D.C., a longtime aide to the former Pennsylvania governor said. Ridge was taken by ambulance from the home in Bethesda, Maryland, to a hospital for treatment, Ridge spokesman Steve Aaron said.
