Department of Homeland Security - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Department of Homeland Security Index / Organizations Transcripts Lisa Jackson ...led them. Over time I think it moved to DHS [Department of Homeland Security], an... ...Over time I think it moved to DHS [ Department of Homeland Security ], and then over time it moved to th... Heather Zichal ...time together. We worked a lot with the Department of Homeland Security on the messaging bit. So there was th... Jeh Johnson ...by President Obama as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security , a position he held from December 201... ...I told you in the last few—I worked at DHS [Department of Homeland Security] fo... ...you in the last few—I worked at DHS [ Department of Homeland Security ] for two years, from the very end o... ...from 2013 to 2017 as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security , which will be our focus today. Prio... ...these orientation briefings from DHS personnel, they were all coming to m... ...I didn't think I couldn't do it. And DHS , in addition to just being kind of ... ...The first thing I had to—I knew about DHS , I used to go to meetings in the Whit... ...what the mandate is. Exactly what is it DHS has? What does DHS do? I know it's thi... ...Exactly what is it DHS has? What does DHS do? I know it's this big, sprawlin... ...“I have sought information, and the Department of Homeland Security has refused to give this to me. If yo... ...a huge part of what you were doing at DHS . Now you had come from a nationa... ...from 2013 to 2017 as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security , which will be our focus today. Prio... ...counterterrorism is the cornerstone of DHS 's mission, and it should stay tha... ...it. States should be encouraged to seek DHS assistance. So that statement wa... ...campaign, were there tools in the DHS toolbox to respond to it, or was it on... ...it played a role during your time at DHS , was it your sense that DHS wa... ...time at DHS, was it your sense that DHS was staffed and structured in a way t... ...these? I was concerned, and am, that DHS does not get the best cybersecurit... ...jobs. The cybersecurity mission at DHS was pursued by a directorate, NPP... ...Security Agency, CISA, that is part of DHS now. But it's a leaner, meane... ...in general affected your work at DHS . I'm thinking here, everything fro... ...they did, affect what you were doing at DHS ? Well, I don't know if I talked t... ...two occasions. An organization like DHS should stay as far away from politic... ...politics as possible, or elections. DHS should be seen as an apolitica... ...me to implement something similar for DHS . I'm not getting this exactly right... ...all kinds of barriers. He can't come to DHS . Can you meet in a neutral place? No... ...a list of every political appointee in DHS , and then I marked—checked—those wh... ...to the continued functioning of DHS . Everybody from the administrator o... ...for your outstanding leadership at DHS . This country is safer and more jus... ...first at the Pentagon and then at DHS , has been extraordinary. It's made ou... Show more... Katie Fallon ...another. If I recall, at that time, the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] was, I think, being funded by ... ...the Department of Homeland Security [ DHS ] was, I think, being funded by a C... ...but a short funding deal for the Department of Homeland Security because they wanted to use that a... ...administration would have to pay to get DHS funding. I think DHS funding wa... ...have to pay to get DHS funding. I think DHS funding was supposed to lapse in th... ...political win for Republicans if the DHS shuts down. And that was aided by u... ...the potential dangers of shutting down Department of Homeland Security from a safety and security standpoin... ...of that context that this caving on the DHS shutdown and not getting anything fo... Show more... Penny Pritzker ...take the Department of Commerce and the Department of Homeland Security , and how do you do border control. On... David Axelrod ...been with [Michael] Chertoff, the DHS [Department of Homeland Security... ...been with [Michael] Chertoff, the DHS [ Department of Homeland Security ] director for Bush, all day.” It'... Felicia Escobar Carrillo ...the other way. We had tension with the Department of Homeland Security [DHS]. And some of the politica... ...the Department of Homeland Security [ DHS ]. And some of the political appointee... ...that time, because we didn't think the Department of Homeland Security would go there. And because thi... ...the folks that were doing that work at DHS and us. And that probably showed. An... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Financial Reform and Regulation Financial Reform and Regulation go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy