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Secretary John Kelly

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John F. Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security, 2017 – 2017

Secretary John F. Kelly was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1970, and was discharged as a sergeant in 1972, after serving in an infantry company with the 2nd Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Following graduation from the University of Massachusetts in 1976, he was commissioned an Officer of Marines.

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Secretaries of Homeland Security

List of current and former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security, their dates of service, and links to their biographies.