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DHS' Cheese Whiz
 By Tom Shoop | Friday, November 02, 2007  |  12:22 PM

Did I read this story in The Hill correctly? I can't believe I did. Because it says that House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has charged that DHS has so many vacancies in key positions that it resembles Swiss cheese. And that former DHS Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson actually wrote the following words to Thompson in a letter of response:

DHS’s leadership team would more fairly be compared to a fully intact wheel of the undisputed king of cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano, carefully nurtured to maturity and ripe for superlative service. The number of unencumbered positions … is virtually nil.

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At least they haven't been compared to Limburger!

M. Stowe  | Saturday, November 03, 2007 |  07:07 PM


Parmigiano Reggiano is an Italian cheese. The United States Department of Homeland Security should be compared to an American cheese, like Wisconsin cheddar. I also find the term "king of cheeses" to be a suspect whiff of imperialism when referring to a government agency.

Ted Bean  | Friday, November 02, 2007 |  04:14 PM



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