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Jeh Johnson

1957–

United States

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Jeh Charles "Jay" Johnson (; born September 11, 1957) is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the 4th United States secretary of homeland security from 2013 to 2017. From 2009 to 2012, Johnson was the general counsel of the Department of Defense during the first years of the Obama administration. Before joining the Obama administration, he was a federal prosecutor, the general counsel of the Department of the Air Force, and an attorney in private practice.

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