CNN: Obama selects Janet Napolitano Secretary - Homeland Security

We are doomed.

Why wasn't James Witt considered for this job? He is by far the best for Homeland Security.

why wouldnt he make her attorney general
homeland security post should be someone with knowledge of military

I don't see what the problem is? Why, because she's a women? A Democrat? she seems to be fairly popular in her home state...

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she looks like a MAN

She has a first hand understanding of border issues. She really can see Mexico from Arizona......My Parents live South of Tucson. There is such a problem with illegal immigration, drug running etc. Ms. Napolitano represents a very concerned state and knows the problems first hand.

I think she is a great choice.

I agree. Perhaps they will find a position for him elsewhere...


[link to en.wikipedia.org]



James Lee Witt (born January 6, 1944) was Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the administration of President Bill Clinton.

Witt was born in Paris, Arkansas, and was raised in Dardanelle, in Yell County, Arkansas. He founded a construction business in 1968. At 34, he was elected County Judge of Yell County. Witt was re-elected to the post six times and was recognized by the National Association of Counties for his work. Witt was a charter Board Chairman of Child Development Inc., which works to advance Head Start programs.

In 1988, Witt was appointed by then-Governor Bill Clinton to be the head of the Arkansas Office of Emergency Services where he reorganized the state's emergency management process.

When Clinton was elected President, he appointed Witt to head FEMA, for which Witt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1993.

During his tenure, Clinton elevated FEMA to cabinet status, and Witt overturned FEMA's previously poor reputation. A 1992 interim report by the Congress (prior to Hurricane Andrew, which led to further criticism of FEMA) had said, "FEMA is widely viewed as a political dumping ground, a turkey farm, if you will, where large numbers of positions exist that can be conveniently and quietly filled by political appointment ..."[1]

By 1996, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial said, "FEMA has developed a sterling reputation for delivering disaster-relief services, a far cry from its abysmal standing before James Lee Witt took its helm in 1993. How did Witt turn FEMA around so quickly? Well, he is the first director of the agency to have emergency-management experience. He stopped the staffing of the agency by political patronage. He removed layers of bureaucracy. Most important, he instilled in the agency a spirit of preparedness, of service to the customer, of willingness to listen to ideas of local and state officials to make the system work better."[2]

Witt's term in office saw approximately 348 Presidentially declared disaster areas in more than 6,500 counties and in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. Witt supervised the response to the 1997 Red River Flood—the most costly flood in the nation's history at that time—the most costly earthquake, and a dozen serious hurricanes.

As of August 2007, Witt serves on the Management Team of Global Options Group LLC, as President of James Lee Witt Associates LLC, which provides consulting on emergency and disaster preparedness to local and state governments. Witt also served as CEO of the International Code Council, which sets international standards for building construction, 2003-06.

On September 3, 2005, he was hired

by Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to oversee reconstruction efforts in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. In December 2005, the University of Texas System hired his firm to prepare, process, and recover claims for damages from FEMA related to natural disasters.

Witt was mentioned as a potential candidate for Governor of Arkansas in 1997 but took himself out of consideration and stayed at FEMA until he was replaced by Joe Allbaugh, the first appointee of President George W. Bush. Witt has been mentioned as a possible Secretary of Homeland Security under Barack Obama.

Get over it... ;}*

she is a sad choice..she lacks military experiance...how about a 5 star general..i mean homeland security is a super major task now..

Her dealings with the illegal immigrant situation prompted the State of Arizona to take action rather than wait for the Federal Government (Homeland Security) to drag their "feet".

That's good news for those against it then. Perhaps she'll run it like a good ole fashioned bureaucracy.

Also, is she related to that Judge on Fox News? You know, Andrew Napolitano or something?

is she a dyke?

Janet Reno II

Mr Witt lives in the next county across the Arkansas River from me. Never a better man served in government.

Yes.


Yes we are.

Obama is striking out at the plate picking teammates...

How's that for a mixed metaphor?

Get Ovuuuur it!

No kidding, here I was thinking we'd see an all brother and sister cast. He's really dissapointing me.

Racist?

Amen.. hear, hear.

McCain can breathe a sigh of relief - talk was of Napolitano running for his Senate seat in 2010, and she had a good chance of winning.

haha, I'm a Honkey... A Pasty Sarcastic one at that!

I don't really care, but it's strange he is picking people that seem like they belong in the Kremlin.

WOW!!

I made a thread about McCain long time ago that had tons of information about CANAM EX and Janet Napolitano's task force that has been in place since 2001 to ensure the development of the superhighway for canamex.

I can't find the thread anywhere. It had so much information on laws passed, and enforcement, and progject that has been in the works for years now. It all comes down to can a mex corridor for this selection. Sickening. Didn't matter who was elected though. The plan is in place and moving right along.


Can somebody please find that thread. It's completely gone. I looked all over for it. google is completely scrubbed for information concerning these relationships

Hell no, she is not popular here in AZ, unless you are a lesbian...that is. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Yeah right...better do your research on her open border policy. But she does a lot of flip flopping depending on who she is pandering to.

Correctomundo.

BINGO!

fuck Reich-land Security

Under bo and co there will be a big push once again for the open border and giving illegals citizenship...all the bs that bush co tried to shove down our throats....they are gonna try, try again until they are successful.