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Janet Napolitano

March 12, 2012 by · Comments Off on Janet Napolitano 

Janet Napolitano, Janet Napolitano ( born November 29, 1957) is the third and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She is the fourth person (including an acting Secretary) to hold the position, which was created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

A member of the Democratic Party, she was the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009. She was Arizona’s third female governor, and the first woman to win re-election. Prior to her election as governor, she served as Attorney General of Arizona from 1999 to 2002.

She is the first woman and the 23rd person to serve in that office. Napolitano is the 1977 Truman Scholar from New Mexico. Forbes ranked her as the 51st most powerful woman in 2009.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary

March 12, 2012 by · Comments Off on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary 

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens. The Secretary is a member of the President’s Cabinet.

The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new department consisted primarily of components transferred from other cabinet departments because of their role in homeland security, such as the Coast Guard, Federal Protective Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (which includes the Border Patrol), Secret Service, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It did not, however, include the FBI or the CIA.

On January 20, 2009, the Senate confirmed Barack Obama’s appointment of Janet Napolitano to be the third Secretary of Homeland Security. To assure a smooth transition however, Michael Chertoff was asked not to resign until the morning of January 21, 2009.

Janet Napolitano

December 27, 2009 by · Comments Off on Janet Napolitano 

dataJanet Napolitano:Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said U.S. officials have “no indication” that an attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight approaching Detroit on Christmas Day was part of a larger plot.

“Right now we have no indication that this is part of anything larger,” Napolitano said today on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “The investigation continues.” She said officials are seeking to learn whether the suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had any ties to the terrorist organization al- Qaeda.

“It would be imappropriate to speculate about whether or not he had such ties,” Napolitano said.

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