But that's basically for what they call homeland defense. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2001] Reference
Ah! beautiful as the old world is, the homeland is the best. From Wordnik.com. [The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career] Reference
Your homeland is an occupied country at the far end of the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [José Ramos-Horta - Nobel Lecture] Reference
I'm not a nationalist David, I'm a human being - my 'homeland' is the world. From Wordnik.com. [Letter to America] Reference
At present, there are over 100 different federal agencies with a role in what we call homeland security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2002] Reference
GARRELS: Even for Russians, their homeland is a more expensive vacation destination than - say, Turkey or Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Navigating Tricky Crosscurrents In Russia's Heartland] Reference
The prominence in the United States of "security" of the homeland is an issue that is new to many of us, and well understood by few of us. From Wordnik.com. [A Perspective for Canadians: the Current State and Future Directions for Canada-U.S. Relations] Reference
Those who feel their homeland is better should go back. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Notice I never once used the word homeland in any of this. From Wordnik.com. [A Young Marine Speaks Out] Reference
DOBBS: The charade that we call homeland security continues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2007] Reference
ANNOUNCER: Is Lady Liberty being shackled in the name homeland security. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2003] Reference
As Landsman says, toward the end of the book, "My homeland is in my hat.". From Wordnik.com. [The Yiddish Policemen's Union: Summary and book reviews of The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon.] Reference
I won't comment on whether leaving one's homeland is an act of courage or not. From Wordnik.com. [courage and the lack of it] Reference
Agriculture in their mountainous homeland is very difficult and crops can fail easily. From Wordnik.com. [The Huichol of Jalisco and Nayarit] Reference
Kind of makes the phrase homeland security pretty much meaningless, don't you think, Wolf?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2007] Reference
The situation in Tamil homeland is very dangerous and the suffering is beyond any human imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominion: All Stories] Reference
CNN's Jeanne Meserve reports the Faisal Shahzad arrest reveals some apparent gaps in homeland security. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday, May 7, 2010] Reference
The sooner the two state homeland is implemented, the sooner both parties can go back to nation building. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ADL asserts Gen. Petraeus ‘erred’ in his recent congressional testimony.] Reference
The use of the word homeland is evocative of the Nazi tendency to think in terms of the ‘Fatherland’. From Wordnik.com. [From the Mouth of Sauron | Letter Never Sent] Reference
Darwish conducted his search as he roamed over a "map of absence," as he called his homeland of Palestine. From Wordnik.com. [3quarksdaily] Reference
The Confederates were brave citizens defending their homeland from a dominating tyranical central government. From Wordnik.com. [Apology not accepted, lawmaker says of McDonnell] Reference
That they were defending their homeland from the dreaded Yankee invaders, who were coming to take over the southland. From Wordnik.com. [Framed Wars | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
Your life as a writer calls to mind what Alfred Nobel said of himself: "My homeland is where I work, and I work everywhere.". From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Housewright, 42, is hoping to land another government job, perhaps in homeland security, once his Census job ends by early July. From Wordnik.com. [Census jobs provide short but welcome opportunity] Reference
Wow, for some reason that doesn't make me feel like my homeland is secure - when art is blindly confiscated by authority figures. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
English troops occupying his homeland is indeed conspicuous more for its anti-Catholic stance than for any anti-English sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [The Allure of the Same: Robert Southey's Welsh Indians and the Rhetoric of Good Colonialism] Reference
Every day, Florin must learn how to keep the king amused, as Florin's father rots in the dungeon and Florin's homeland is attacked. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
For those that do not want to comply then buses will line up to take them back to their homelands or planes if homeland is across ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Should path for citizenship be made easier for illegal immigrants?] Reference
But there's no one to guard the "homeland" -- a nice Hitlerian locution. From Wordnik.com. [Erica Jong: Patriarchy:1000, Hillary:0] Reference
Elgar's stature in his homeland has been a bit mixed recently. From Wordnik.com. [Edward Elgar, Britain's Musical Icon, Turns 150] Reference
Among the women who came out of their homeland was the sorrowing. From Wordnik.com. [Memorials of the Faithful] Reference
In the ancient time, the Thais called their homeland "Muang Thai.". From Wordnik.com. [Neosho Daily News Homepage RSS] Reference
Mark Webber waded into the row by calling his homeland 'a nanny state '. From Wordnik.com. [Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed]
I'm like a stranger in my own homeland, which is why I come back, to reconnect. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 21, 2005] Reference
Orange groves also represent the lost homeland, which is Jaffa and the coastal plain. From Wordnik.com. [Tadamon!] Reference
Ancient Greece, or Hellas as the Greeks called their homeland, was but a small country. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization] Reference
Today, Khmer people call their homeland 'Suvarnabhumi' (a Sanskrit term for Golden Land). From Wordnik.com. [KI Media] Reference
BECK: And then I would call homeland security on you because then you ` d have seven cats. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2008] Reference
Nangarhar or Qandahar Our homeland is our eye sight Whether raised in Logar, Ghor or Bamyan. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
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