Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says federal officials recognize that dealing with the spread of the swine flu virus will be “a marathon, not a sprint.”

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday the policy of passive surveillance for swine flu at U.S. airports and land ports “makes sense” and sterner steps are not yet necessary.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is arguing that “passive surveillance” of the U.S. border with Mexico is sufficient and that tougher monitoring measures are not yet necessary.

President Barack Obama’s pick to head FEMA told senators Wednesday that the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes would no longer be the benchmark for performance if he is confirmed to head the disaster agency.

The president’s nominee to lead the nation’s disaster response agency said he will hold the agency to a much higher standard than how it demonstrated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The president’s nominees to lead the nation’s disaster response and immigration enforcement agencies are headed to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings in the Senate.

Top Department of Homeland Security officials on Sunday defended an agency intelligence assessment warning that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremists, though one said it should have been

Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano says she regrets that some people took offense over a report warning that right-wing extremist groups were trying to recruit disgruntled troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Some Republicans are criticizing a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment, saying it unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremists.

FBI officials say they are investigating reports of a letter containing white powder and a dead fish that was sent to a Department of Homeland Security employee in Washington.