Rice: Israel is where the US learned about "homeland security"
On 25th visit [???] to Israel, former secretary of state recalls the first panicked moments of 9/11. - The world changed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice told an audience in Israel Sunday, and so did the relationship between the United States and Israel. While Jerusalem and Washington were always good friends, after the attacks they became allies “with a common cause in the fight against people who would seek political gain by attacking civilians, parents and children,” she said. Rice also described the first panicked minutes for the US administration on 9/11, including the moment she raised her voice to president George W. Bush.