U.S. Senate Confirms New Homeland Security Secretary

The U.S. Senate voted 98-0 yesterday to confirm federal appeals court Judge Michael Chertoff as the new homeland security secretary, according to the Los Angeles Times (see GSN, Feb. 8).

“This is one of the most challenging and critical jobs in the entire federal government,” said Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine). “Judge Chertoff is clearly the right person to take the helm.”

“I think he is well qualified to be secretary,” said Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) (Mary Curtius, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 16).

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