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Awareness -- Identify and understand threats, assess vulnerabilities, determine potential impacts and disseminate timely information to our homeland security partners and the American public.
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Prevention -- Detect, deter and mitigate threats to our homeland.
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Protection -- Safeguard our people and their freedoms, critical infrastructure, property and the economy of our Nation from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies.
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Response -- Lead, manage and coordinate the national response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies.
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Recovery -- Lead national, state, local and private sector efforts to restore services and rebuild communities after acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies.
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Service -- Serve the public effectively by facilitating lawful trade, travel and immigration.
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Organizational Excellence -- Value our most important resource, our people. Create a culture that promotes a common identity, innovation, mutual respect, accountability and teamwork to achieve efficiencies, effectiveness, and operational synergies.
