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Janet Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano (/nəpɒlɪˈtænoʊ/; born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st Governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and United States Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013, under President Barack Obama. She has been president of the University of California system since September 2013, shortly after she resigned as Secretary of Homeland Security.

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Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away.

Conversations, Issues, Moving Forward, Nation, Safety, Thinking

Public schools were designed as the great equalizers of our society - the place where all children could have access to educational opportunities to make something of themselves in adulthood.

Access, Children, Educational, Equalizers, School

One of the most striking elements of today's threat picture is that plots to attack America increasingly involve American residents and citizens.

America, Citizens, Picture, Plot, Plots

Such a system would be very, very expensive and laborious to have, given the kinds of border we have. Scientists and engineers aren't even sure they have the technology to make it work

Borders, Immigration, Make, Scientists, Technology, Work

There are a number of countries that we see cyber-attacks emanating from. And, again, they can be just individuals who are located in the country. But three that I think are of special concern would be Iran, would be Russia, and China.

Countries, Country, See, Special, Thinking

You show me a 50-foot wall and I'll show you a 51-foot ladder.

Ladder, Show, Show Me, Wall

As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures.

Airports, Alternative, Deployment, Passengers, Technology, Use

The United States and Arizona are both losing jobs to offshore locations.

Jobs, Location, Losing, Offshore, United States

And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.

Ask, Commitment, Cooperation, Patience, Play, Vigilance

If American schooling is inadequate now, just imagine how much more obsolete it will be when today's kindergarten students graduate from high school in just 12 years.

Graduate, High, Obsolete, School, Today, Years

Nonetheless, to the extent that terrorists have come into our country or suspected or known terrorists have entered our country across a border, it's been across the Canadian border. There are real issues there.

Country, Entered, Extent, Issues, Real, Terrorists

I believe we have to move, eventually in our country, toward a system of public financing that really works for candidates running for federal office. I will support that as president.

Believe, Country, President, Running, Toward, Works

Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.

Businesses, Look, Looks, Skills, Smart

Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.

Air, Implement, People, Security, System, Travel

All images generated by imaging technology are viewed in a walled-off location not visible to the public. The officer assisting the passenger never sees the image, and the officer viewing the image never interacts with the passenger. The imaging technology that we use cannot store, export, print or transmit images.

Interacts, Location, Sees, Technology, Use

It drove home, personally, the value of early detection and education and intervention.

Cancer, Drove, Home, Intervention

I've appointed a task force to take a fresh look at the color-code system and whether we should retain it, change it or scrap it.

Appointed, Color, Look, Looks, Task, Tasks

You can't imagine a world, quite frankly, without a safe and secure aviation system. And so our job is to really focus on that, and what we need to do to keep it safe and secure.

Focus, Imagine, Job, Jobs, Safety, System

I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project.

Arizona, Ideal, Long, Mexico, United States, Would Be

Well, you know, the violence is mostly in Mexico itself, at least the violence that people are worried about. And so we want to make sure that violence does not spill over into our communities that are along the border.

Community, Doe, Know, Make, Mostly, People

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