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DHS Deputy Lute Stepping Down

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday said that Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute will be departing the department after four years of service. During her service at the department, Lute was the lead negotiator for the United States government in updating the U.S. and European Union Passenger Name Records Agreement, which creates a legal framework for transferring airline passenger data by airlines operating passenger flights between the EU and United States to DHS and the use of that data by…

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