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What event caused the establishment of the United States Department of Homeland Security?

attack on the World Trade Center in 1993
bombing of the US embassy in Kenya in 1998
attack on US naval vessel USS Cole in 2000
attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001

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attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001

The 9/11 attacks prompted the creation of the Department of Homeland Security via the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (signed Nov 25, 2002); DHS began operations on March 1, 2003.