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Janet Napolitano

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 15: (L-R) U.S. President Barack Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder , Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and FBI director Robert Muller attend the 32nd annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the West Front Lawn at the U.S. Capitol May 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the event, invoking the law enforcement officers who worked to bring the Boston Marathon bombing suspects to justice.

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About Janet Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is the third United States Secretary of Homeland Security. Assuming this position on January 21, 2009, she is the first woman to serve in that office. An American politician from the Democratic Party, Napolitano was serving as governor of the state of Arizona when designated by then-President-elect Barack Obama to be his Homeland Security Secretary. She was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in one day after Obama's inauguration.

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