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Bush to Nominate Three As Leaders of New Department

(White House Report) (370)
President Bush November 25 announced his intention to nominate three
senior officials of his administration to lead the new Department of
Homeland Security.
All three will have to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
The President intends to nominate Thomas J. Ridge of Pennsylvania, to
be the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Currently he
serves as the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. Before
being asked by the President to move to Washington in October of 2001,
he served as Governor and U.S. Congressman in his home state of
Pennsylvania. In 1982 he became the first enlisted Vietnam combat
veteran elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was
re-elected six times. He was then twice elected Governor, serving from
1995 to 2001. He graduated from Harvard with honors, and was then
drafted in to the U.S. Army, where he served as an infantry staff
sergeant in Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star for Valor.
The President intends to nominate Gordon England of Texas, to be
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He currently
serves as the Secretary of the Navy. Prior to serving in this
capacity, Mr. England served as executive Vice President of General
Dynamics Corporation. Throughout his career, he served as a member of
the Defense Science Board and has received awards from the National
Defense Industrial Association and the National Management
Association. He is also a member of the Aviation Heritage Hall of
Fame. Mr. England received his bachelor 's degree from the University
of Maryland and his master's from the M.J. Neeley School of Business
at Texas Christian University.
The President intends to nominate Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, to be
Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security of the
Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Hutchinson currently serves as
the Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency. Prior to his
service at the Department of Justice, he served as a member of the
U.S. Congress where he was on the House Judiciary Committee and the
Select Committee on Intelligence. Before his time in Congress, Mr.
Hutchinson practiced law in Arkansas for 21 years and tried more than
100 jury trials. He went on to be the youngest U.S. Attorney in the
nation at age 31. He received his bachelor's degree from Bob Jones
University and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas.
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