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Johnson Says First Priority Is To Fill DHS Leadership Vacancies

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, November 14th, 2013

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President Barack Obama’s nominee to the next Secretary of Homeland Security said yesterday that his first priority, if confirmed, will be to fill in the leadership vacancies that are currently plaguing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and several of its components. Jeh Johnson, who spent four years as the top lawyer at the Defense Department, told a Senate panel that the leadership vacancies at DHS are of “alarming proportions” and that upon his “oath” he will “work with the White…

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