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The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review is in the middle of its second National Dialogue.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using online dialogues to allow stakeholders the opportunity to inform the work of our study groups. More than 8,000 stakeholders rated and commented on proposed visions and goals from the study groups during the first dialogue.

There are six study groups, focusing on:

• Counterterrorism and Domestic Security Management
• Securing Our Borders
• Smart and Tough Enforcement of Immigration Laws
• Preparing for, Responding to, and Recovering from Disasters
• Homeland Security National Risk Assessment
• Homeland Security Planning and Capabilities

Due to Labor Day Holiday, they have extended the Second National Dialogue to Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009. Join the conversation at http://www.homelandsecuritydialogue.org/

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Washington Post writer Karen Young writes that the Taliban has become a much more potent adversary in Afghanistan by improving its own tactics and finding gaps in the U.S. military playbook, according to senior American military officials who acknowledged that the enemy's resurgence this year has taken them by surprise. U.S. rules of engagement restricting the use of airpower and aggressive action against civilians have also opened new space for the insurgents.

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