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Events on Monday 25 November 2002 1
2002US Department of Homeland Security createdLargest federal reorganisation since the 1940sPresident Bush signed the Homeland Security Act on 25 November 2002, merging 22 agencies and about 170,000 employees into a new Department of Homeland Security. Bodies including the Coast Guard, Secret Service, customs, immigration enforcement and disaster response were brought under one cabinet department. It was the biggest restructuring of the US government since the creation of the Defense Department.