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Overview
Janet Napolitano (born Nov. 29, 1957) is the current Democratic governor of Arizona, originally elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She has been chosen for Barack Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security. She was appointed Arizona's third highest official and a member of the Arizona delegation from 1996-2004.
Meredith McGehee (D-AZ): I think...more
Janet Napolitano (born Nov. 29, 1957) is the current Democratic governor of Arizona, originally elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She has been chosen for Barack Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security. She was appointed Arizona's third highest official and a member of the Arizona delegation from 1996-2004.
Meredith McGehee (D-AZ): I think at one time it was her belief that Arizona should embrace a policy of limited immigration and legal immigration. Arizona is a state of immigrants that seeks to fill certain demographics. Our immigration law calls for...
Meredith McGehee (D-AZ): I think at one time it was her belief that Arizona should embrace a policy of limited immigration and legal immigration. Arizona is a state of immigrants that seeks to fill certain demographics. Our immigration law calls for...
- Preceded by: Linda Akers
- Succeeded by: Jose de Jesus Rivera
- President: Bill Clinton
- Deputy: Jane Holl Lute Rand Beers (acting)
- Governor: Jane Dee Hull
- Born: Janet Ann Napolitano (1957-11-29) November 29, 1957 (age 62) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Political party: Democratic
- Education: Santa Clara University (BA) University of Virginia (JD)
