General Doug O'Dell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, along with Brigadier General Michael Walsh of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discussed hurricane protection in New Orleans in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season beginning June 1.

General Doug O'Dell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, praised volunteers for their rebuilding efforts and encouraged further involvement when he spoke at the White House Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in New Orleans on May 29, 2008.

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the Fifth Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative, an international partnership launched to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

On May 26, 2008, Secretary Chertoff welcomes new citizens during military naturalization ceremony at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan.

Remarks by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to the 2008 graduating class of Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Secretary Chertoff encouraged citizens to prepare for the 2008 hurricane season as part of Hurricane Awareness Day on May 20, 2008.

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator David Paulison at a Blogger Roundtable on Hurricane Preparedness.

The Department of Homeland Security is asking Small Businesses To 'Define Their Day After' by putting emergency preparedness at the top of their to-do list. A series of national public service advertisements (PSA) entitled "Procrastination" have been released nationwide today for radio, print, internet and outdoor media.