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Janet Napolitano: Leaving After First Term Is ‘Certainly in My Mind’

Aug. 16, 2012 12:06pm Jonathon M. Seidl

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano talks with a video crew from the TV series "Coast Guard Alaska" Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 in Hangar One at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska. Napolitano was in Kodiak for a a U.S. Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing. Credit: AP

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano won’t say if she’ll stay on in her role should President Obama win a second term, she told the Arizona Republic in an interview this week.

When asked if she considered coming home to Arizona (where she used to be governor), she responded, “It’s certainly in my mind.”

“I don’t know if or when. … But I left a lot of my stuff in Arizona. And I’m still a registered voter there,” she added.

And just to make it clear that Napolitano seems to be waffling, the Republic added this paragraph regarding its 30-minute interview with the secretary:

It’s not clear whether her boxes will come out of storage anytime soon. If President Barack Obama wins a second term, most Washington observers believe he will ask Napolitano to stay on as head of the government’s third-largest department. For now, Napolitano won’t say what her answer would be. [Emphasis added]

Napolitano’s comments come on the heels of a lawsuit filed against her department (and specifically U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) that alleges a culture that discriminated against men. In fact, another affidavit has been filed in that case alleging sexual harassment.

(H/T: Joe Pags)

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USPATRIOT101
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:38pm
A security guard is more qualified for her position than she is.

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- lukerw
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:44pm
  Run… Janet… run! Iran will pay directly for what you know!
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:55pm
  Oh please, don’t give it another thought, just leave and quickly.
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 3:06pm
  Hello from Arizona! Don’t come back to Arizona janet, find a new home, we don’t want any communists in Arizona!
  
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- 226crimsontrace
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:25pm
  Let’s just pray that Obama doesn’t get to pick her replacement
  
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- dmerwin
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 8:21pm
  For once I agree with her.
  
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- Bill Rowland
  Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:12am
  Hey Janet (where are the doughnuts) the government has this nice hotel in southwestern Colorado. You are guaranteed a private room and no one to bother you 23 hours a day. You,, Sweet Old Barack, Timmy Geitner, Epic Holdup, Valarie Jarrett and Axlerod all should be there together.
  
  OMG Nov 6, 2012
  
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MiCurmudgeon
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:37pm
Please do not give her that option.

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Socco
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:36pm
She should be thrown in prison for treason.

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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:06pm
  Go directly to jail do not pass go and forfeit all pensions.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:36pm
Good then, let her leave for a jail cell before the treason trials begin.

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blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:34pm
I should not dinigrate poor Shamoo that way. At least Shamoo has not made a mockery of this country and the security of the American people.

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Cabo King
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:33pm
don’t come back to ARIZONA!!!! damn fruit fly

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blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:33pm
I do not think her and Brewer would get along any more if they ever really did. Brewer is taking a stand against this foolishness of giving non-citizens our country.

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Delores at CH WV
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:31pm
How about tomorrow, as it is Friday and a slow, weekend?
Love to throw you a party of your peers.

Don’t think you are going to get out of any legal, ethical problems while you have been in office. With the right Congress to get a Special Investigator, you may want Ecquador to give you a home too!

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term limits for congress
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:28pm
She’s taking a new job with Mexico’s Department of Tourism. She will focus on increasing the number of tourists from the Middle East.

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blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:27pm
That fat ***(ert) better run for jail awaits for her part in disassembling our security. If she spills her guts she may avoid jail, but she needs to go to some congressmen who will protect her. There are still a few who will stand like Gowdy, that dude Issa who seems to be taking them on and some more who are not letting their guard down and who are not afraid to speak up. She should know them better than I what they are.

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KangarooJack
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pm
Damnit Janet – say it aint so…BYE!

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- justangry
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:25pm
  I’m just concerned were she’ll end up next.
  
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NOBALONEY
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pm
2012 rush, Sunstein, now Napalitano.

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- CatB
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pm
  It is on ALL our minds . … don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split ya .. along with Obama, Biden, Reid (no longer Senate MAJORITY leader) .. and the rest of you Czars and Thieves .. and CRIMINALS!
  
  Romney/Ryan 2012!
  
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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pm
I think this is a mute point here because Romney will not keep her!! Bye Janet, it has been my displeasure meeting you.

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- rpp
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:37pm
  I think the word you are looking for is “moot”, not “mute”. “Mute” means unable to speak. “Moot” means something that no longer matters. (That is one of my pet peeves.)
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:59pm
  We knew exactly what he meant.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pm
I think she would make a great commissioner of the WNBA or the LPGA Tour.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pm
  He/she needs no more authority. Let he/she work for someone at Taco Bell drive thru.
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:29pm
  She could replace Shamoo.
  
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- blackyb
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:32pm
  She could sneak tacos until they went broke, but then it would be better than her destroying our security in this country.
  
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
A line struck me…”third largest department”. So just a quick search…

Department of Defense: 611,658
Department of Veterans Affairs: 205,542
Department of Homeland Security: 128,791
Department of the Justice: 103,479
Department of the Treasury: 101,146

Wow, take the VA out and look at what’s left. Look at how much the government is spending on spying on us and keeping us in line…and of course extracting money from us. Nah, we don’t have a totalitarian problem. We need all of those IRS agents, DHS agents, TSA agents, etc. Who’s going to audit you? Who’s going to watch you on video? Who’s going to grope you? Who’s going to irradiate you? Who’s going to publish studies that label you as a terrorist? Who’s going to craft the lies to tell you? Who’s going to print all of our worthless money?

Managing your safety and freedom clearly takes a “village”.

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- blackyb
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:28pm
  It is getting that way. They need to be jailed.
  
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Spankster
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
In about 86 days you might not have any choice,so I’d like to start the chorus with,Na Na Na Na,hey hey hey,good bye…everybody sing.

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poster
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
Oh, believe me, Janet, Mitt won’t be asking you to stay on.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:24pm
  Mitt might ask ugly Janet for **** tips before he shows her the door.
  
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thibx
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
maybe things are looking up. good please go.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:23pm
  He/she should take a vacation on the border to experience first hand how much she is ******* up this country.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pm
ALL of you leaving is in ALL of our minds Janet…and it won’t be a moment too soon.

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- CatB
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:29pm
  @GONZO
  
  Did you hear? .. Obamaa and Biden are having a “lunch” right now … hope he doesn’t tell Joe he has to go … WE LOVE GAFF A MINUTE JOE! Keep him on the team ;-)
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:47pm
  They going to Chick Fil A CatB?
  
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oldasdirt
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:16pm
We also have reasons strongly to suspect that Ms. Napolitano was also complicit
for failing to do anything but obstruct and stonewall our part-time investigation into the
whereabouts of 2,500 missing children — and young adults — who had reportedly
“disappeared” into Arizona’s Child Protective Services:

http://www.supremelaw.org/press/rels/kidnaps.htm
(cf. 42 U.S.C. 1986: action for neglect to prevent and/or failure to remedy)

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:14pm
Bye bye. Can’t say I’ll miss ya.

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Dan
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pm
Don’t let the door hit you in the… Nevermind, I don’t know how it could miss.

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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:21pm
  With a fat @$$ like that, you know you’d be replacing the door.
  
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MODEL82A1
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pm
Right, she’ll leave right after she’s fired by the new POTUS.

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IAMMADDOG
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pm
No argument here!

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www.TopTheNews.com
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:11pm
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Janet… TopTheNews

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- woodyee
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:16pm
  Stole my thunder!
  
  BUT, you forgot to add “Biyotch!”
  
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- Eric_The_Red_State
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:18pm
  How could it not?
  
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- TelepromoterNChief
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:20pm
  Oh please.
  Let the door hit her/him on the way out.
  We need a laugh at her/his expense.
  
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