Homeland Security Nominee Vows To Safeguard Country, But Offers Few Specifics

From New York Times:

President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Homeland Security Department breezed through a confirmation hearing on Thursday that one senator called a “warm and fuzzy” experience.

The nominee, Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona, offered few specifics at the two-and-one-half-hour hearing, while promising to safeguard the country from terrorists, protect its borders and strengthen the six-year-old department.

Ms. Napolitano told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs that the department had moved to shape itself into a cohesive agency created from more than 22 parts. But, she said, “our work is not finished.”

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