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January 11, 2021

Officials eye security for Inauguration Day, scramble to ID Capitol rioters

EXCLUSIVE: A high-ranking law enforcement source tells theGrio there will 'absolutely' be increased security leading into Inauguration Day.
March 14, 2014

President Obama vows to rethink deportations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are warning that any steps President Barack Obama takes to bypass Congress to ease deportations of…
February 7, 2014

theGrio’s 100: Jeh Johnson, protecting the homeland

theGRIO'S 100 - The former general counsel for the Pentagon became the secretary of homeland security in December, leading a…
December 16, 2013

Senate confirms Jeh Johnson as homeland security secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats used their newly initiated lower threshold for defeating filibusters Monday to win Senate confirmation of President…
November 13, 2013

Homeland Security nominee Jeh Johnson faces confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to be the Homeland Security secretary said Wednesday that filling key leadership vacancies…
October 18, 2013

Jeh Johnson, Obama’s homeland security nominee: ‘I was not looking for this opportunity’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to help craft the nation's counterterrorism…
October 17, 2013

Obama taps Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling back a trusted counterterrorism adviser from his first term by nominating former…
January 14, 2011

Pentagon official: MLK would support Iraq, Afghan wars

At a Pentagon commemoration of King's accomplishments, DOD General Counsel Jeh Johnson said that today's wars are in line with…