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washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
DHS was created 1 year after 9/11. absorbing 22 agencies and organizations and becoming the third-largest federal bureaucracy. Across the government, budgets were increased for counterterrorism operations.
Congress enacted laws granting powerful investigative authorities to law enforcement. And the intelligence agencies pivoted off their Cold War footing toward a new “global war on terror.”
Now, three months after President Trump declared a national emergency because of the coronavirus, officials and analysts are again asking whether national security should be dramatically recalibrated, this time around the threat of pandemic.

The answer is yes.
“We need to treat this moment like we treated 9/11, recognizing that we have a massive vulnerability in which we have chronically underinvested,”

they said the government should not create another big bureaucracy. It took years to fully organize DHS, a department which has since
narrowed its focus mainly to immigration and border control, not counterterrorism.

Under Trump, “The system now is set up to keep your mouth shut,”

In Congress, the coronavirus has become a kind of national security Rorschach test. By and large, Democrats want to work with
allies to share med equip and speed up research and dev of treatments and vaccines. GOP are more likely to see the pandemic as an alarm call about the rising power of China the source of the novel coronavirus and favor actions to blunt the expansion of that country’s military.
Don't reinvent the wheel

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was supposed to be the world’s premier epidemiological agency. The Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security have pandemic preparedness as part of their mission.
Treat diseases like hurricanes

Create a epidemic forecasting center. A federally funded body, it would provide decision-makers with real-time info that could save lives and yield improved forecasting capability over time. Like the establishment of the National Hurricane Center.
Change the U.S. relationship with China

Considering the majority of all communicable disease start in China this is imperative. What Trump and his lackey's are doing is a death sentence.
Sen. Jack Reed said the pandemic underscored the need for a bigger diplomatic presence overseas and stronger international collaboration.

“Even though there is a real stigma attached to globalization, we’ll have to recognize that alliances, international organizations have to be
strengthened so that . . . we can use our influence without military force directly”

To prepare for the next pandemic, we will have to work with China. To do something on climate change, we will have to work with China. Our political leaders have a responsibility to compete
but in a smart way and not drive this relationship into a ditch.”

Don't view the military as the panacea for everything

The military made important contributions to the domestic response. Personnel embedded in civilian hospitals, while the Army Corps of Engineers has overseen
construction of field hospitals. Military laboratories are working to develop treatments and vaccines.

Some said the military could lend greater, or faster, logistics support as needed in future outbreaks. But others cautioned that this limited role should not give way to adding
pandemic prevention or response to the Pentagon’s core security mission.

Use the intelligence community to support public health

For decades, the intel comm has warned members of Congress in multiple admins that infectious diseases posed a threat to U.S. national security.
Now that the gov is alert to the threat of pandemics, experts said they see a new role for the intelligence agencies. The intel agencies have proved adept at marrying scientific discoveries with long-range forecasting to help policymakers weigh the risks of diff security threats
Accelerate testing, treatment and vaccines

Lamar Alexander said that if the gov invest more $ in testing as well as rapidly dev treats and vaccines for more viruses “we wouldn’t be spending $3T to try to strengthen the econ. We know these viruses are coming. We’ve known for yrs
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