Janet Napolitano Resigns As Homeland Security Secretary

By admin July 12, 2013 15:45

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is resigning to take a senior position in the University of California system, U.S. officials said Friday.

Napolitano has led the department since the beginning of the Obama administration, just the third person to hold this post.

“For more than four years I have had the privilege of serving President Obama and his Administration as the Secretary of Homeland Security,” Napolitano said in a statement. “The opportunity to work with the dedicated men and women of the Department of Homeland Security, who serve on the frontlines of our nation’s efforts to protect our communities and families from harm, has been the highlight of my professional career. We have worked together to minimize threats of all kinds to the American public.”

Napolitano will serve as the president of the University of California system. While she has not had any prior experience in the education sector, she was the governor of Arizona from 2002 to 2009 and before that served as the state’s attorney general.