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Senate To Consider Homeland Security Chief Nomination
ResumeJeh Johnson, President Obama's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security, will go before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee tomorrow.
Johnson, who would replace outgoing Secretary Janet Napolitano, is relatively unknown to the general public. If nominated, the former Defense Department lawyer will be responsible for overseeing 240,000 employees spread across 22 government agencies.
For more details, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks to NPR's Carrie Johnson.
Guest
- Carrie Johnson, justice correspondent for NPR. She tweets @johnson_carrie.
This segment aired on November 12, 2013.