
The Senate on Monday voted 78-16 to confirm Jeh Johnson as the next Secretary of Homeland Security, who has vowed to make his immediate priority be the filling of a host of vacancies in other key leadership positions. At his confirmation hearing in November, Johnson told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that in addition to filling the leadership vacancies within the Department of Homeland Security’s executive ranks, he would also focus on various management issues such as…