Critics: Ridge Not Given Resources to Do Good Job; New Homeland Security Director Will Have to Unify a Sprawling Bureaucracy

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Ridge's successor as chief of the Homeland Security Department will have to unify a sprawling bureaucracy, a deadly serious job where failure could put the United States at risk of another terror attack.

Ridge, who announced his resignation Tuesday, acknowledged the frustrations of working out the kinks in the broadest government reorganization in half a century, a job critics say remains largely incomplete. "I like going to work every day," Ridge said, before adding, "There are certain days I've enjoyed it even more."

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Critics: Ridge Not Given Resources to Do Good Job; New Homeland Security Director Will Have to Unify a Sprawling Bureaucracy

Ridge said he will remain in the job until Feb. 1, unless the Senate confirms his successor earlier. Among those cited as potential candidates are Bernar...

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