Lute confirmed as DHS deputy
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Janet Holl Lute as deputy secretary of homeland security.
Lute served as assistant secretary-general of the United Nations, responsible for supporting peacekeeping operations around the world. She also served on the National Security Council under presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, and was chief operating officer of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund.
She also headed the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and was a senior public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Lute confirmed as DHS deputy
