DHS pick faces many issues at Senate hearing

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DHS pick faces many issues at Senate hearing
By Eileen Sullivan - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 15, 2009 15:46:04 EST

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to oversee homeland security faces questions on topics ranging from federal emergency response to immigration enforcement at her Senate hearing.

Janet Napolitano, a twice-elected governor of Arizona named to head the Homeland Security Department, was scheduled to testify Thursday before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.

Napolitano will be asked about some of the issues she opposed as governor, including the Mexico border fence and an identification program that requires states to bear the cost of making drivers’ licenses more secure.

As governor, Napolitano fought to curb illegal immigration but was skeptical about whether building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border would solve the problem. She once said, “You build a 50-foot wall, somebody will find a 51-foot ladder.”

The fence is about 75 percent built and her department is responsible for completing it.


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