Top UN Official Tapped As No. 2 At Homeland Security

[babylonsister]

UN exec picked for No. 2 at Homeland Security

Obama names UN executive to No. 2 position at Homeland Security

EILEEN SULLIVAN
AP News

Jan 23, 2009 15:15 EST


A top United Nations official who once served on the White House National Security Council has been picked for deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, a move that would place two women at the top of the department for the first time.

President Barack Obama's nomination of Jane Holl Lute, a retired Army major who worked on the NSC under President Bill Clinton, was announced Friday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

Three secretaries and five deputy secretaries — all men — have served at the agency since it launched in 2003.

At the U.N., Lute coordinates peace efforts among countries in conflict.

"Jane's experience leading large operations with broad and challenging missions lends itself to the undertaking we have before us at Homeland Security," Napolitano said in a statement.

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[Hugabear]

1. She better be careful. Number twos have a very short life expectancy

At least, over the past few years they haven't been doing very well.