Janet Hale, Former Undersecretary for Management, DHS

Congress comes back to work today to wrap up the 113th Congress. No one thinks streamlining oversight of the Homeland Security Department is one of the things...

Congress comes back to work today to wrap up the 113th Congress. No one thinks streamlining oversight of the Homeland Security Department is one of the things they’ll address in the lame duck session, but many people think it’s something they should address — at least soon. Janet Hale is one of those people. She’s former Under Secretary for Management at DHS. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she explained how we got here.

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