Obama Administration shapes up

摘要

The Obama Administration's cabinet level picks for jobs of key maritime industry concern are none too frightening. For example, Robert Gates will continue as Secretary of Defense. Whether he'll now have any more success in bringing Navy shipbuilding costs under control is an open question. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has been chosen as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, which, of course, includes the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection. As U.S. Attorney for Arizona, Napolitano led the Arizona portion of the domestic terrorism investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing; as Arizona's Attorney General, she helped write the law to break up human smuggling rings; and as Governor, she implemented the first state homeland security strategy in the U.S, and opened the first state counter-terrorism center.