1. It can mean taking the country to war to protect the homeland or to defend an ally.

2. News homeland security correspondent Bob Orr has been looking into the background of the shooter.

3. Nomura had low expectations that he could bring peace between his homeland and a nation he admired.

4. Years later, that knowledge would reconnect him to his homeland in a distinctive way.

5. According to a former senior homeland security official, nearly 60 percent of applicants fail it.