Bush to Ask Workers for Flexibility on Homeland Security; President's Pep Talk to 3,000 Employees To Include Appeal on Civil Service Rules From: The Washington Post | Date: July 10, 2002| Author: Ellen Nakashima and Bill Miller | Copyright 2002 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

President Bush plans to reassure an audience of federal employees today that their rights will not be threatened by the creation of a Department of Homeland Security and to urge them to support his proposal for the massive government reorganization.

Bush is scheduled to address about 3,000 people who would become part of the new department, including workers from the Customs Service, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and other agencies, in what aides described as a kind of pep...

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