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Homeland Security

Pekoske Tapped As Acting Deputy At DHS; Cogswell To Lead TSA

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

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Pekoske Tapped As Acting Deputy At DHS; Cogswell To Lead TSA

Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske. Photo: TSA

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday continued shifting its leadership in the wake of Kirstjen Nielsen’s forced resignation as secretary at the start of the week, with acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan announcing that Transportation Security Administration Chief David Pekoske is the new acting deputy at the department. Pekoske will be succeeded, at least temporarily, at TSA by Patricia Cogswell, who has been in the acting deputy spot at the agency since last June. Nielsen’s departure from DHS came…

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