In California, Gov. Gray Davis tightened security around bridges.
In Oregon, Gov. John Kitzhaber said there was no credible information that the state was a target of threats, and he said the authorities were assessing security at bridges.
The program includes the surveillance system as well as other projects to improve the security of bridges, tunnels and other facilities.
The New York Police Department said yesterday that it had increased security around bridges, tunnels, financial centers and landmarks in response to an F.B.I. warning that the local authorities should take "additional prudent steps" to detect and deter potential terrorist attacks.
F.B.I. and Justice Department officials have said that they never intended the warning to be made public because it was unsubstantiated -- far less credible, they said, than the information that led to the nationwide warning on Oct. 29 -- but that they provided it to state officials to enable them to beef up security around bridges.
Ms. Flournoy expressed concern that some officials, lawmakers and analysts were already looking beyond the Bush presidency, when, she said, the administration needed to keep pressing for more meaningful progress by the Iraqi government to provide security and bridge ethnic and sectarian divisions.
For those with income from a 401(k) or IRA, they can draw from that income first before taking Social Security and bridge the gap that they need, according to the experts.
Once there is real progress in solving stalled security issues and bridging differences, NATO-Russia relations will improve substantially.
There'll be a "garden bridge security force", whose tasks include "person and property searches" and "patrol of the bridge and perimeters".
The extra security at the bridges had been spotted by the attack plotters, he said.
