Jeh Johnson Confirmed As Secretary Of Homeland Security

Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and co-chair of a new study on gays in the military, left, Dr. Clifford Stanley, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, center, and Army Gen. Carter Ham, also co-c... Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson and co-chair of a new study on gays in the military, left, Dr. Clifford Stanley, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, center, and Army Gen. Carter Ham, also co-chair of the working group appear at a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" on gays in the military on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) MORE LESS

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December 16, 2013 1:39 p.m.

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The Senate on Monday voted 78-17 to confirm Jeh Johnson, the former general counsel for the Defense Department, to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

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