Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), a border-state governor whose handling of immigration and homeland security issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said yesterday.
Napolitano, 50, was an early supporter of Obama and was the only sitting governor and current elected official tapped to serve on his 12-member transition advisory board.
She was reelected in 2006 to a second term as governor of Arizona, the home state of Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee in the race against Obama. Term limits would prevent her from running again.
Napolitano -- a former U.S. attorney for Arizona and state attorney general, and the first woman in both posts -- was said also to be a candidate for attorney general. Her fate became clearer once Obama tapped his campaign co-chairman and former Justice Department official Eric H. Holder Jr. as his top choice to head the Justice Department this week.
A source close to the process said that her selection was "99 percent" complete, while another added, "It's homeland security." Napolitano's selection was made pending vetting, according to CNN, which first reported the decision.
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