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We partner with the private sector to protect critical infrastructure. We work with states and local communities to prepare for and respond to disasters of all types like Hurricane Sandy while supporting recovery and rebuilding. Put simply, the automatic Budget Reduction mandated by sequestration would be disrupted and destructive to our Nation Security and economy. It would negatively affect the Mission Readiness and capabilities of the men and women on our front line. It would undermine the significant progress we have made over the past 10 years to build a nations preparedness and resiliency. Perhaps most criticallcriticall y it would have serious consequences to the flow of trade and travel at our nations ports of entry. We will have to begin to furlough customs and border officers to staff those ports. At the Major International airports, we will be limited in accepting new International Flights and average wait times to clear customs will increase by as much as 50 and at our busi
Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. national burial ground in Arlington county, Virginia, on the Potomac River directly opposite Washington, D.C. Located on the antebellum plantation of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of George Washington, the first president of the United States, the