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Secretary Tom Ridge

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DHS Marks 20th Anniversary Honoring the Department’s Workforce

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. joined Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and hundreds of DHS employees in holding a special ceremony at the DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeths Campus in Washington, DC to honor the workforce and to recognize the approximately 32,000 plank holders who joined DHS on its first day and continue to serve today. Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. joined Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and hundreds of DHS employees in holding a special ceremony at the DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeths Campus in Washington, DC to honor the workforce and to recognize the approximately 32,000 plank holders who joined DHS on its first day and continue to serve today

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Thomas J. Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security 2003 - 2005

Biography of Thomas (Tom) J. Ridge, the first Secretary and Director of the Office of the Department of Homeland Security, 2003-2005 post September 11, 2001.

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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.