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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent a memo to some health care providers noting procedures to be followed if the swine flu outbreak eventually makes quarantines necessary.

DHS Assistant Secretary Bridger McGaw circulated the swine flu memo, which was obtained by CBSNews.com, on Monday night. It says: "The Department of Justice has established legal federal authorities pertaining to the implementation of a quarantine and enforcement. Under approval from HHS, the Surgeon General has the authority to issue quarantines."

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Michelle Obama made her eighth stop on the tour to thanks employees of various cabinet agencies today. This time, the first lady delivered remarks at the Department of Homeland Security.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano introduced Obama and noted that this was the first time a First Lady has visited the headquarters. The department is only six years old.

The First Lady thanked some 300 of the department’s 216,000 employees and said her visit was to “ensure that you, as true public servants, don’t get lost behind the numbers.”

She noted that “if you do your jobs well, nobody will know what you do,” referencing the sensitive and behind the scenes nature of the agency.

After thanking employees for coming our to meet her on this rainy day, Obama said, “one of the President's greatest concerns and priorities is the safety and security of the American people, and the more than 180,000 employees of this Department are at the heart of fulfilling that mission.”

She spent the next fifteen minutes thanking DHS employees for their work, specifically lauding the TSA for an average thirteen minute wait in airport security lines, “which isn’t too bad.” She also had kind words for the Citizen and Immigration Services for naturalizing 3,000 new American citizens per day.

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