Homeland Security, Sesame Street Join Forces To Teach Kids About Terror
Homeland Security, Sesame Style
By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin
POSTED September 18, 2008 | 7:30 AM
(Above: Rosita and Meryl Chertoff)
Big Brother and Big Bird
When it comes to securing the homeland, who better to help you sleep at night than various characters from the popular children’s show, “Sesame Street" ... ?!?
Seriously.
In a move that will make Bush administration detractors bring back those duct tape jokes again, the Department of Homeland Security has partnered up with the famous children’s show.
“We all want our children to feel safe in this world,” said Meryl Chertoff, wife of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, at a ceremony held at the John Tyler Elementary School to announce the partnership. "And who better to do that than our Sesame Street friends, Grover and Rosita!”
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By Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin
POSTED September 18, 2008 | 7:30 AM
(Above: Rosita and Meryl Chertoff)
Big Brother and Big Bird
When it comes to securing the homeland, who better to help you sleep at night than various characters from the popular children’s show, “Sesame Street" ... ?!?
Seriously.
In a move that will make Bush administration detractors bring back those duct tape jokes again, the Department of Homeland Security has partnered up with the famous children’s show.
“We all want our children to feel safe in this world,” said Meryl Chertoff, wife of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, at a ceremony held at the John Tyler Elementary School to announce the partnership. "And who better to do that than our Sesame Street friends, Grover and Rosita!”
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