Brown Recluse Spider Bite â Stages, Symptoms, Treatment, Pictures The mouth parts on most spiders are not strong enough to bite into the human skin and hence a large percentage of the spider population across the United States is actually harmless.
Answer: The protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression, or other threats as directed by the President. The Department of Defense is responsible for homeland defense.
The Coast Guard is one of 22 governmental departments that will be under the auspices of Homeland Security, a merger that will be fully completed by March 1. At that time, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge will be in charge of 175,000 employees.