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Jeh Johnson Confirmed As Secretary Of Homeland Security

by Igor Bobic

12.16.13 | 1:39 pm

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

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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Igor Bobic Igor Bobic is the assistant editor of Talking Points Memo, helping oversee the site's coverage of politics and policy in Washington. While originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Igor feels best at home on the beaches of Southern California. He can be reached at igor@talkingpointsmemo.com.

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