Janet Napolitano: Leaving After First Term Is ‘Certainly in My Mind’
- Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:06pm by
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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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Comments (106)
USPATRIOT101
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:38pmA security guard is more qualified for her position than she is.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:44pmRun… Janet… run! Iran will pay directly for what you know!
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:55pmOh please, don’t give it another thought, just leave and quickly.
Report Post »desertspeaks
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 3:06pmHello from Arizona! Don’t come back to Arizona janet, find a new home, we don’t want any communists in Arizona!
Report Post »226crimsontrace
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:25pmLet‘s just pray that Obama doesn’t get to pick her replacement
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 8:21pmFor once I agree with her.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:12amHey 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
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:37pmPlease do not give her that option.
Report Post »Socco
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:36pmShe should be thrown in prison for treason.
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:06pmGo directly to jail do not pass go and forfeit all pensions.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:36pmGood then, let her leave for a jail cell before the treason trials begin.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:34pmI 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.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:33pmdon’t come back to ARIZONA!!!! damn fruit fly
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:33pmI 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.
Report Post »Delores at CH WV
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:31pmHow 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!
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:28pmShe‘s taking a new job with Mexico’s Department of Tourism. She will focus on increasing the number of tourists from the Middle East.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:27pmThat 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.
Report Post »KangarooJack
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pmDamnit Janet – say it aint so…BYE!
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:25pmI‘m just concerned were she’ll end up next.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pm2012 rush, Sunstein, now Napalitano.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pmIt 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!
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pmI think this is a mute point here because Romney will not keep her!! Bye Janet, it has been my displeasure meeting you.
Report Post »rpp
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:37pmI 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.)
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 1:59pmWe knew exactly what he meant.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:19pmI think she would make a great commissioner of the WNBA or the LPGA Tour.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:25pmHe/she needs no more authority. Let he/she work for someone at Taco Bell drive thru.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:29pmShe could replace Shamoo.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:32pmShe could sneak tacos until they went broke, but then it would be better than her destroying our security in this country.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pmA 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”.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:28pmIt is getting that way. They need to be jailed.
Report Post »Spankster
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pmIn 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.
Report Post »poster
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pmOh, believe me, Janet, Mitt won’t be asking you to stay on.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:24pmMitt might ask ugly Janet for hair tips before he shows her the door.
Report Post »thibx
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pmmaybe things are looking up. good please go.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:23pmHe/she should take a vacation on the border to experience first hand how much she is ******* up this country.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:17pmALL of you leaving is in ALL of our minds Janet…and it won’t be a moment too soon.
Report Post »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 ;-)
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:47pmThey going to Chick Fil A CatB?
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:16pmWe 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
Report Post »(cf. 42 U.S.C. 1986: action for neglect to prevent and/or failure to remedy)
IAMMADDOG
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:14pmBye bye. Can‘t say I’ll miss ya.
Report Post »Dan
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pmDon’t let the door hit you in the… Nevermind, I don’t know how it could miss.
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:21pmWith a fat @$$ like that, you know you’d be replacing the door.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pmRight, she‘ll leave right after she’s fired by the new POTUS.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:13pmNo argument here!
Report Post »www.TopTheNews.com
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:11pmDon’t let the door hit you on the way out, Janet… TopTheNews
Report Post »woodyee
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:16pmStole my thunder!
BUT, you forgot to add “Biyotch!”
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:18pmHow could it not?
Report Post »TelepromoterNChief
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:20pmOh please.
Report Post »Let the door hit her/him on the way out.
We need a laugh at her/his expense.