WASHINGTON - Americans should ring in the new year without undue worry about a terrorist attack, the White House homeland security adviser said Thursday.
ldquo;People ought to come, have a good time, they ought to feel confident, rdquo; Frances Fragos Townsend said in a nationally broadcast television interview.
Townsend said that while the Bush administration takes every threat seriously, it has heard of no plot or plan that should cause alarm as the nation celebrates New Year rsquo;s Eve and New Year rsquo;s Day.
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At this point in the process, it rsquo;s hard to take anything he says very seriously. rdquo;
New York is a model of how a large city, an urban government, approaches this, rdquo; she said.
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We feel real confident of the steps police departments are taking. rdquo; Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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