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If confirmed, Chris Magnus would step into a major challenge facing the Biden administration: how to handle a record number of border crossings that are projected to increase in the coming months.
White House Names National Cyber Director, CISA Chief FrankRamspott/iStock.com email The administration also announced nominees for other Homeland Security Department leaders. Lawmakers of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, where both nominees delivered input, praised their selection Monday. Inglis, a former deputy director of the National Security Agency, was also a member of the public-private commission and helped shape the position he’ll now fill, if confirmed. His role will involve coordinating the government’s civilian cyber defenses as well as those of ...
Four months after his inauguration, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has named two former National Security Agency (NSA) officials to top cybersecurity roles in his administration. On Monday, the White House announced the nomination of former NSA deputy director John C. "Chris" Inglis as the government’s first national cyber director. Ex-deputy director of the NSA’s counterterrorism center, Jen Easterly, was named to head up the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In a statement announcing the nominees, national securi...
The split with the GOP could widen, with unpredictable results.
Biden taps Tucson police chief to lead CBP POLITICO 1 day ago By Quint Forgey and Anita Kumar © Ben Margot/AP Photo President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. President Joe Biden on Monday announced his intent to nominate Chris Magnus as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection — tapping a police chief from Tuscon, Ariz., to oversee the mammoth Department of Homeland Security agency tasked with managing the country's borders. Biden also intends to nominate Ur Jaddou — who...