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Wilson Center president emerita and former Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) argued that past administrations have failed to confront some of the most challenging national security issues, a…

Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano moderated a panel discussion with election officials from key battleground states in the 2020 election, looking at how to better prepare f…

Former Department of Homeland Security secretaries discussed the rise of domestic terrorism at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. Topics included white supremacist extremis…

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff (2005-09) and Janet Napolitano (2009-13) talked about the peaceful transition of power between administrations and the dan…

The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center hosted a virtual forum on the future of the Department of Homeland Security. Joining the second part of the event were former DHS Secretaries Michael …

Former Homeland Security secretaries testified before a Senate Homeland Security Committee field hearing in New York City. Topics discussed included progress over intelligence sharing among …

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, author of How Safe Are We, took viewer phone calls about national security at the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke about her book, How Safe Are We, in which she examined American security after September 11, 2001. She spoke Cliff Chanin from the N…

Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano looked back at her tenure and weighed in on the current issues that face the department.

The Brookings Institution hosted a policy discussion about immigration and the implications of potential action or inaction by Congress and the Trump administration for immigrant communities…

Charlotte Jacobs talked about her book, Jonas Salk: A Life, about the life and career of the creator of the polio vaccine.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke at a farewell ceremony. The former New Mexico governor was preparing to become the president of the University of California system afte…

Janet Napolitano gave her farewell speech as secretary of the Homeland Security Department (DHS) at the National Press Club. She highlighted the accomplishments of DHS during her four-and-a-…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave the keynote address at a discussion of cybersecurity and infrastructure. She outlined the Obama administration’s policies on cybersecurity a…

Governor Mary Fallin and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano gave an update on recovery efforts following the May 20, 2013, tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. They were joined by Federal E…

Cabinet secretaries spoke about managing the federal workforce and the value of public employees in the midst of shrinking budgets. They also responded to questions from the audience.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified in the third of a series of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on comprehensive immigration reform legislation. In her testimony she s…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about her department’s 2014 budget proposal.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testified about the department’s fiscal year 2014 budget request. Topics included a number of security-related incidents within the previous week…

Secretary Janet Napolitano spoke about Homeland Security Department operations and programs at the Christian Science Monitor Breakfast event for reporters at the St. Regis Hotel. Topics incl…