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For your initial post, define homeland security. Your definition should include supporting examples. Identify and address at least one potential limitation with your proposed definition. Review the QHSR, select one of the designated missions, and explain how it informs on responsibilities and functions across agencies at various jurisdictional levels that mitigate hostilities, threats, hazards, and consequences. Next, evaluate the merits and concerns of the legal and ethical issues that you identified in your introductory post. Finally, take a position on whether or not the authority and scope of homeland security should be expanded by federalizing state and local emergency response. As a reminder, be sure to incorporate citations when appropriate.