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Johnson, U.S. President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks next to VP Biden in...
Jeh Johnson (C), U.S. President Barack Obama's (R) nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, speaks next to Vice President Joe Biden (L) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington October 18, 2013. Obama on Friday nominated former Pentagon attorney Johnson, a national security expert who had a role in ending the military's ban on gays in the military, to be Homeland Security chief. Johnson, who served as general counsel in the Department of Defense during Obama's first term, would succeed Janet Napolitano, who stepped down earlier this year. His nomination requires Senate confirmation. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)