JOHNSON ELEVATES HOMELAND SECURITY AMID QUESTIONS OVER PRIORITIES

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has created a new, high-level position to oversee homeland security activities at the agency as it faces questions from Bush administration officials and lawmakers on whether it has the expertise -- or funding -- to implement domestic security operations. Placing a top-level staffer in a senior homeland security position could bolster EPA's status in interagency talks over domestic security issues, where it has repeatedly been rebuffed by senior Bush administration officials because of what they say...