The Republican Congressional candidate Chris Gibson would abolish the Department of Homeland Security, and says the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was "a loser for our country, but especially for our area," in an interview with Jimmy Vielkind in the Albany Times-Union. He writes: "[Gibson] said that the regional management of the conflict is good -- he even said that President Barack Obama has made "good choices" in managing the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan -- but the separation between military efforts and civil defense, or homeland security measures, must be improved." The Kinderhook conservative is challenging incumbent Democrat Scott Murphy for New York's 20th Congressional District seat. Read the entire story in the Times-Union.