--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - March 17, 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY - Today, the Federal Communications Commission unveiled a Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, which will join the agency's six other bureaus. The new bureau aims to address public safety, homeland security, emergency management and preparedness, disaster management and other related issues, the FCC said.
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