When

Mon, June 08, 2015
2 pm - 3 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall


Featured Speaker

The Honorable Jeh Johnson
Secretary of Homeland Security, United States of America


Welcome and Introduction

The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Director, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy

 

2:00 p.m. — Presentation

Entrance into the event will not be permitted after 1:45 p.m. Please arrive early and be seated promptly.

 

Jeh Charles Johnson was sworn in on December 23, 2013, as the fourth U.S. secretary of homeland security. Prior to joining DHS, Secretary Johnson served as general counsel for the Department of Defense, where he was part of the senior management team and led the more than 10,000 military and civilian lawyers across the department. As general counsel of the Defense Department, Secretary Johnson oversaw the development of the legal aspects of many of our nation’s counterterrorism policies, spearheaded reforms to the military commissions system at Guantanamo Bay in 2009 and co-authored the 250-page report that paved the way for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in 2010.

Secretary Johnson’s career has included extensive service in national security, law enforcement and as an attorney in private corporate law practice. Secretary Johnson was general counsel of the Department of the Air Force from 1998 to 2001, and he served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1989 to 1991.

In private law practice, Secretary Johnson was a partner with the New York City-based law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. In 2004, Secretary Johnson was elected as a fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, and he is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Secretary Johnson graduated from Morehouse College in 1979 and received his law degree from Columbia Law School in 1982.

 

 

 

 

When

Mon, June 08, 2015
2 pm - 3 pm
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

James A. Baker III Hall