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Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either office.
Apr 30, 2024 · Tom Ridge (born August 26, 1945, Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is an American politician who was governor of Pennsylvania (1995–2001) and who later served as the first director of the Office of Homeland Security (2001–03) and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (2003–05).
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May 23, 2013 · Biography of Thomas (Tom) J. Ridge, the first Secretary and Director of the Office of the Department of Homeland Security, 2003-2005 post September 11, 2001.
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 ...
Thomas J. Ridge was born in 1945 in Munhall, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.A. in government studies from Harvard University in 1967 and a J.D. from Dickinson College School of Law in 1972. From 1968 to 1970, Ridge served in Vietnam as an infantry staff sergeant in the United States Army and earned the Bronze Star for valor.
May 23, 2018 · Thomas Joseph Ridge. Tom Ridge (born 1946) was appointed by President George W. Bush in October 2001 to serve as assistant to the president for the hastily assembled Office of Homeland Security following the terrorist bombings of New York City's World Trade Center and other targets in September 2001. Ridge was in the middle of his second term ...
Jan 17, 1995 · Gov. Tom Ridge. Terms January 17, 1995 - October 5, 2001. Party Republican. Born August 26, 1945. Birth State Pennsylvania. School Harvard University, Dickinson School of Law. Family Married Michele Moore; two children. Status Resigned. National Office (s) Served Representative, Cabinet secretary.
