Secretary of Homeland Security-Janet Napolitano
Napolitano was a highly popular Democratic governor in Arizona before she was picked by Obama four years ago to head the sprawling
Homeland Security department. As governor, she was known for her tough approach to immigration policy. She has had a mixed record in her current job and has weathered repeated controversies over threat assessments. Napolitano was criticized for stating in an interview with CNN's Candy Crowley that “the system worked” with regard to an attempted terrorist attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 approaching Detroit on Christmas Day 2009. She later went on NBC's Today Show with host Matt Lauer and admitted that the security system had indeed failed.
