In her letter to Secretary Ridge, Senator Clinton wrote: "I am very disturbed by this sequence of events."

"Both the president and Secretary Ridge assured me that New York would be taken care of," he said.

Get on the stick, Secretary Ridge.

He finished his active duty on Secretary Ridge's operations integration staff at the Department of Homeland Security.

According to Secretary Ridge, the book offers a, "comprehensive solution for approaching security in the context of sound business practices."

I have spoken to Secretary Ridge and Governor Pataki several times over the last few days.

"Secretary Ridge had far more important decisions to make than to micromanage the department to the point that he had a hand in approving $96,000 contracts."

Secretary Ridge recently told the Veterans of Foreign Wars that "humor is a good way of talking about serious subjects."

I spoke to Secretary Ridge myself yesterday evening.

Senator Clinton and Representative Bishop were to have met with Secretary Ridge last month to discuss the transfer.