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DHS IG Nominee Cuffari Asserts Independence

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 5th, 2019

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DHS IG Nominee Cuffari Asserts Independence

Joseph Cuffari, President Trump’s nominee to be Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, told a Senate panel on Tuesday that if confirmed he will be an independent investigator who will remain accountable to Congress. “I view the role of the Inspector General as a non-partisan, fact finder to lay out the truth as the facts are presented,” Cuffari told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at his confirmation hearing. Priority investigations will be based on immediate…

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